Top of the Hill bar shooting
| Top of the Hill bar shooting | |
|---|---|
| Part of The Troubles | |
Annie's Bar (left) in 2009 | |
| Location | Strabane Old Road, Derry, Northern Ireland |
| Date | 20 December 1972 10:30 PM |
| Target | Irish Catholics |
Attack type | Mass shooting, massacre |
| Weapons | Sterling submachine gun |
| Deaths | 5 |
| Injured | 4 |
| Perpetrator | Ulster Defence Association |
The Top of the Hill bar shooting, or Annie's Bar massacre, was a mass shooting in Derry, Northern Ireland on 20 December 1972, during the Troubles. Five civilians were killed when members of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), a loyalist paramilitary group, opened fire on the customers in a pub frequented by Catholics.