The Muslim residents of the town had gathered Come_together in their mosque to participate Participation in a supposed peace talk Statement with Christian groups when a group of armed men dressed in uniforms similar to those worn Wearing by members of the Philippine Constabulary opened Openness fire on them .

It was suspected Suspicion that the Ilaga militant group were the attack Attack 's perpetrators , but there were also allegations that the Philippine Constabulary had collaborated Collaboration with the Ilaga .

The survivors said Statement that most of the gunmen wore Wearing police uniforms and it is suspected Suspicion that they were members of the Ulster Special Constabulary .

Following a three-year joint investigation by Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) , arrest warrants were issued Expressing_publicly for two Libyan nationals in November 1991 .

There have been allegations that police ( Royal Ulster Constabulary ) double agents or informers in the UVF were linked Connect to the massacre and that police protected Preventing_or_letting those informers by destroying Destroying evidence and failing to carry out a proper investigation Criminal_investigation .

IRA members went to Motion a number of addresses Expressing_publicly and killed Killing or fatally wounded Bodily_harm fifteen people : nine British Army officers , a Royal Irish Constabulary ( RIC ) officer , two members of the Auxiliary Division , two civilians , and another man who is believed to have been an intelligence agent .

Fighting Hostile_encounter the guerrillas – apart from the Japanese regular forces – were a Japanese-formed Bureau of Constabulary ( later taking the name of the old Philippine Constabulary during the `` Second Republic '' ) , the Kenpeitai ( the Japanese military police ) , and the Makapili ( Filipinos fighting for the Japanese ) .

Fighting Hostile_encounter the guerrillas – apart from the Japanese regular forces – were a Japanese-formed Bureau of Constabulary ( later taking the name of the old Philippine Constabulary during the `` Second Republic '' ) , the Kenpeitai ( the Japanese military police ) , and the Makapili ( Filipinos fighting for the Japanese ) .

Select Choosing units of the resistance would go on to be reorganized Reforming_a_system and equipped Supply as units of the Philippine Army and Constabulary .

In response Response to the concerns , the Chief Inspector of Constabulary , Denis O'Connor , published Publishing a 150-page report Reporting in November 2009 that aimed Aiming to restore Recovering Britain 's consent-based model of policing .

On 24 August 2010 , following an eight-year investigation Criminal_investigation , the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland published Publishing a report Reporting into the bombing Attack , which stated Statement that the Royal Ulster Constabulary believed in Know the early 1970s that Father James Chesney , a local Roman Catholic priest , was the IRA 's quartermaster and Director of Operations of the South Derry Brigade .

It has been alleged Statement that the British , Irish , and US intelligence agencies had information which could have prevented Preventing_or_letting the bombing Terrorism , most of which came from double agents inside the Real IRA , but this information was not given Giving to the Royal Ulster Constabulary ( RUC ) .

The series of attacks began Process_start in mid-morning in Lamplugh and moved Motion to Frizington , Whitehaven , Egremont , Gosforth , and Seascale , sparking a major manhunt by the Cumbria Constabulary , with assistance Assistance from Civil Nuclear Constabulary officers .

The series of attacks began Process_start in mid-morning in Lamplugh and moved Motion to Frizington , Whitehaven , Egremont , Gosforth , and Seascale , sparking a major manhunt by the Cumbria Constabulary , with assistance Assistance from Civil Nuclear Constabulary officers .

The fighting Hostile_encounter was between residents of the Bogside area ( organised Arranging under the Derry Citizens ' Defence Association ) , and the Royal Ulster Constabulary ( RUC ) along with local unionists .

The Irish War Hostile_encounter of Independence ( ) or Anglo-Irish War Hostile_encounter was a guerrilla war Hostile_encounter fought Hostile_encounter in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army ( IRA , the army of the Irish Republic ) and British forces Military_operation : the British Army , along with the quasi-military Royal Irish Constabulary ( RIC ) and its paramilitary forces Military_operation the Auxiliaries and Ulster Special Constabulary ( USC ) .

The Irish War Hostile_encounter of Independence ( ) or Anglo-Irish War Hostile_encounter was a guerrilla war Hostile_encounter fought Hostile_encounter in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army ( IRA , the army of the Irish Republic ) and British forces Military_operation : the British Army , along with the quasi-military Royal Irish Constabulary ( RIC ) and its paramilitary forces Military_operation the Auxiliaries and Ulster Special Constabulary ( USC ) .

A Special Constabulary was formed Coming_to_be , made up mostly of Protestants , and loyalist paramilitaries were active .

The shootings were part of a string of attacks on Catholics and Irish nationalists by the `` Glenanne gang '' ; an alliance of loyalist militants , British soldiers and Royal Ulster Constabulary ( RUC ) police officers .

A report later found Know that the police ( Royal Ulster Constabulary ) were biased Judgment_communication in favour of this view Perception_active , and that this hindered Hindering their investigation .