What is recorded here
Five young musicians lost their lives at Buskhill on 31 July 1975 when loyalist gunmen ambushed their minibus. The attack struck ordinary people travelling home, turning a quiet country road into a scene of sudden violence. Their deaths exposed how the conflict consumed innocent lives far beyond political targets.
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- Date
- 1975-07-31
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