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Robert Hamill (25) died after sectarian attack

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A Catholic civilian, Robert Hamill (25) died in hospital following an attack by a loyalist mob in Portadown. The attack took place despite RUC officers being thirty metres from the scene in a police vehicle. The Independent Commission for Police Complaints later launched an investigation into the incident.

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Elliott, S., and W.D. Flackes, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory, 1968-1999 (Belfast, Blackstaff 1999)