Since the Troubles began , some bands hired to appear at Twelfth marches have openly shown support for loyalist paramilitary groups , either by carrying paramilitary flags and banners or sporting paramilitary names and emblems . A number of prominent loyalist militants were Orangemen and took part in their marches . In February 1992 , the loyalist Ulster Defence Association ( UDA ) shot dead five Catholic civilians in a betting shop in Belfast . When Orangemen marched past the shop that 12 July , some marchers held up five fingers in mockery of the five dead . The Secretary of State , Patrick Mayhew , said that they " would have disgraced a tribe of cannibals "
shot dead five Catholic civilians
Sean Graham bookmakers' shooting
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