The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) is an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group based in Northern Ireland. Formed in 1965, [7] it first emerged in 1966. Its first leader was Gusty Spence, a former Royal Ulster Rifles soldier from Northern Ireland. The group undertook an armed campaign of almost thirty years during The Troubles.

The Glenanne gang or Glenanne group was a secret informal alliance of Ulster loyalists who carried out shooting and bombing attacks against Catholics and Irish nationalists in the 1970s, during the Troubles. [1] Most of its attacks took place in the "murder triangle" area of counties Armagh and Tyrone in Northern Ireland. [2]

On 23 October 1972, a large cache of guns and ammunition were stolen during an armed raid by the illegal Ulster loyalist paramilitary organisation, the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), on King's Park camp, a UDR/ Territorial Army depot.

2024年5月15日 · Four car bombs exploded without warning, visiting murder and destruction upon Dublin and Monaghan on 17 May, 1974. The loyalist attacks killed 33 people – one of them was nine months pregnant. The...

2024年2月21日 · The Glenanne gang were members of the loyalist paramilitary group the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). The gang was based at a farm in Glenanne, County Armagh, in the 1970s.

1997年6月12日 · The UVF gang, of which Bates was a member, wrongly believed the driver and helpers in the lorry were Catholics and decided to assassinate them. All the lorry crew were, in fact, Protestants.

2017年9月3日 · The gang, which contained over 40 known members, included soldiers of the British Army’s Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR), rogue elements of the RUC, the Mid-Ulster Brigade of the illegal paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and some Ulster Defence Association (UDA) members.

2023年11月13日 · The leadership of the east Belfast Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) has been stood down, a number of sources have told BBC News NI. Up to eight individuals have been removed from their positions.

4 天之前 · Armed UVF gang Its leader ‘Bunter’ Graham is a veteran paramilitary who has held the reins of power for many years. He has survived at least three separate murder bids.

2014年10月13日 · Two decades on from the UVF ceasefire and the terror gang is still up to its neck in murder, mayhem and dirty money. Monday marks the 20th anniversary of the day loyalist veteran Gusty Spence —...