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Robert 'Basher' Bates, a former leading member of the UVF 'Shankill Butchers' gang, was shot and killed in Belfast while opening the Ex-Prisoners Information Centre. While Republicans were initially blamed for the killing, it was later revealed to be the action of Loyalist paramilitaries.

Source Information

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