Miami Showband attack was 'worst sight anyone could ever imagine', says survivor

Surviving Miami Showband members Des Lee (left), Steven Travers (centre) and Ray Muller(right) moments after the unveiling of a memorial statue and plaque to commemorate the fallen Miami Showband members Fran O’Toole, Tony Geraghty and Bryan McCoy who were murdered at Bushkill, Newry, Co Down in 1975. Picture: PA

The aftermath of a loyalist ambush in which three members of the Miami Showband were killed 50 years ago was “the worst sight anyone could ever imagine”, a survivor of the attack has said.

Des Lee said he remembers “every single thing in the finest detail” from the atrocity on July 31 1975.