VZ-58 rifle

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A specific VZ-58 rifle has been linked to a number of attacks carried out by loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland in the early 1990s.[1]

These attacks include:

  • UVF killings of Charles and Theresa Fox at The Moy in 1992.
  • The murders of John Quinn, Dwayne O'Donnell, Malcolm Nugent and Tommy Armstrong outside a bar in Cappagh in 1991.
  • Murder of Roseanne Mallon in Dungannon, Co Tyrone on 8 May 1994.[1]

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Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lesley-Anne McKeown, Mallon attack gun 'used in at least six other murders', Irish Independent, 25 November 2013.