The Republican group said some words before spraying the pub with a AR-15 assault rifle killing three people and injuring about a half a dozen . It was reported the gunmen left a bomb at the front of the pub but it failed to go off . The three dead civilians Ruby Kidd ( 28 ) , Francis Walker ( 17 ) ( who was the son of owner ) and Joseph McBride ( 56 ) , were all Protestant civilians just like in other attacks claimed by the South Armagh Republican Action Force and Republican Action Force , like the Kingsmill massacre in January 1976 when 10 Protestant workers were gunned down , and the Tullyvallen massacre in which 5 civilians died and 7 badly wounded
Kingsmill massacre
Kingsmill massacre
The Store Bar shooting