Miami Showband Massacre

The scene of the Miami Showband Killings on the A1 road at Buskhill in County Down, Northern Ireland, 31st July 1975. The attack was carried out by loyalist paramilitary group, the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and took place while the group, a popular cabaret band, were travelling home to Dublin after a performance. At 2.30am, their Volkswagen minibus was stopped at a bogus military checkpoint, where gunmen in British Army uniforms ordered the band members to line up by the roadside. Two of the gunmen were attempting to plant a time bomb on the vehicle, when it prematurely exploded and killed them. In the ensuing confusion the UVF men opened fire on the band, killing three and wounding two. (Part of the Independent Newspapers Ireland/NLI Collection) (Photo by Independent News and Media/Getty Images)