There was great anger and outrage in the Shankill in the wake of the bombing . Billy McQuiston told journalist Peter Taylor that " anybody on the Shankill Road that day , from a Boy Scout to a granny , if you 'd given them a gun they would have gone out and retaliated " . Many Protestants saw the bombing as an indiscriminate attack on them . Adair believed that the bomb was meant for him . Two days after the bombing , as Adair was driving away from his house , he stopped and told a police officer " I 'm away to plan a mass murder " . In the week following the bombing , the UDA and UVF launched a wave of " revenge attacks " , killing 14 civilians . The UDA shot a Catholic delivery driver in Belfast after luring him to a bogus call just a few hours after the bombing . He died on 25 October . On 26 October , the UDA shot dead another two Catholic civilians and wounded five in an indiscriminate attack at a Council Depot on Kennedy Way , Belfast . On 30 October , UDA members entered a pub in Greysteel frequented by Catholics and again opened fire indiscriminately . Eight civilians ( six Catholics and two Protestants ) were killed and 13 were wounded . This became known as the Greysteel massacre . The UDA stated it was a direct retaliation for the Shankill Road bombing . Michael Stone and another UDA member said that Adair also vowed to launch simultaneous attacks on Catholics attending mass in Belfast . The day after the attack ( Sunday ) , the security forces were sent to guard all Catholic churches in Belfast . A UDA member said that a carload of gunmen were sent to attack Holy Family Catholic Church on the Limestone Road , but called off the attack due to the high security . Adair denied the claims . The UVF killed three Catholic men and a 15 year old boy , with shootings around Belfast later in the year
Greysteel massacre
Greysteel massacre
Shankill Road bombing