Three killings which left a Border community reeling
Catholic farmers slain by British army in what became known as ‘Pitchfork Murders’
Robin Bell (left) a UDR member was shot in an IRA ambush in 1972. The next day Catholic farmers, Michael Naan and Andrew Murray, were stabbed to death by members of the British army.
Early one Sunday morning in 1972, Robin Bell set off for the family farm a few miles up the road in Newtownbutler, Co Fermanagh with his father Sidney and brother Richard.
The three Protestant men intended to to milk their cows before heading off to Galloon Parish Church, as they did every week.