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Greysteel to remember victims 20 years on Greysteel to remember murder victims 20 years on
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A remembrance service will be held in Greysteel on Wednesday evening, 20 years after eight people were murdered at the Rising Sun bar. A remembrance service will be held in Greysteel, County Londonderry, on Wednesday evening, 20 years after eight people were murdered at the Rising Sun bar.
Greysteel is known as one of the worst atrocities of the Troubles in Northern Ireland . Two gunmen from the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) opened fire on the Rising Sun bar on 30 October, 1993.
Two gunmen from the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) opened fire on the Rising Sun bar in County Londonderry on 30 October 1993.
They shot dead seven people. Another man later died of his injuries.They shot dead seven people. Another man later died of his injuries.
At first, customers thought it was a Halloween prank as the gunmen shouted "trick or treat" before opening fire on the bar. At first, customers thought it was a Halloween prank as the gunmen shouted "trick or treat" before opening fire.
It followed an IRA bomb attack on the Shankill Road in west Belfast just days earlier, in which 10 people, including one of the bombers, were killed. The attack followed an IRA bombing on the Shankill Road in west Belfast just days earlier, in which 10 people, including one of the bombers, were killed.
Torrens Knight was given 12 life sentences for the Greysteel massacre and the separate murder of four workmen in Castlerock, both carried out by the loyalist UFF.Torrens Knight was given 12 life sentences for the Greysteel massacre and the separate murder of four workmen in Castlerock, both carried out by the loyalist UFF.
Four other UFF men were also given eight life sentences for the murders.Four other UFF men were also given eight life sentences for the murders.
'Absolutely frantic''Absolutely frantic'
A service will be held at the Star of the Sea church in Greysteel at 19:30 BST on Wednesday evening. A service will be held at the Star of the Sea church in Greysteel at 19:30 BST on Wednesday.
Adrian McAuley was a paramedic on duty the night of the killings. He said the anniversary was poignant.Adrian McAuley was a paramedic on duty the night of the killings. He said the anniversary was poignant.
"We came back to our base when we got a call to go to the Rising Sun bar to a shooting," he said."We came back to our base when we got a call to go to the Rising Sun bar to a shooting," he said.
"We turned off the main road and there were about 20 or 30 people outside the bar. They were absolutely frantic, waving their arms in shock."We turned off the main road and there were about 20 or 30 people outside the bar. They were absolutely frantic, waving their arms in shock.
"I saw people shot and wounded lying on the floor and slumped in their seats."I saw people shot and wounded lying on the floor and slumped in their seats.
"The sound of crying and screaming was overwhelming.""The sound of crying and screaming was overwhelming."
Mr McAuley said he had to bring in extra resources to deal with the incident.Mr McAuley said he had to bring in extra resources to deal with the incident.
"Shootings were nothing new to the ambulance service, but this was on a scale that I had never seen before," he said."Shootings were nothing new to the ambulance service, but this was on a scale that I had never seen before," he said.
"Your job at the time is about treatment and transport so you didn't really get time to think about it."Your job at the time is about treatment and transport so you didn't really get time to think about it.
"That first sight mixed with the smell of gun smoke will never leave me.""That first sight mixed with the smell of gun smoke will never leave me."
Father Stephen Kearney, local priest at the time, said: "Pictures flash in my mind now and again of people standing around and the rosary being said. Fr Stephen Kearney, local priest at the time, said: "Pictures flash in my mind now and again of people standing around and the rosary being said.
"It created an opportunity for the people of Greysteel to get to know each other and former SDLP leader, John Hume put that message across greatly. "It created an opportunity for the people of Greysteel to get to know each other and former SDLP leader John Hume put that message across greatly.
"We had a walk with candles afterwards and the whole theme of that day was about walking together."We had a walk with candles afterwards and the whole theme of that day was about walking together.
"It was a vile deed done by men who brought hatred to their hearts.""It was a vile deed done by men who brought hatred to their hearts."