While most of Wright 's unit 's victims were Catholic civilians , some were republican paramilitaries . On 3 March 1991 , the Mid-Ulster UVF shot and killed three Provisional IRA men , along with a middle-aged civilian , in an ambush outside Boyle 's Bar in Cappagh , County Tyrone . Wright was widely blamed by nationalists and much of the press for having led this shooting attack . According to Paul Larkin in his book '' A Very British Jihad : collusion , conspiracy and cover-up in Northern Ireland '' , UVF members who had been present at Cappagh gave details of the operation , claiming that they were forced to drag Wright into the car as he had allegedly become so frenzied once he had started shooting that he did n't want to stop . British journalist Peter Taylor , however , stated in his book '' Loyalists '' that he had been told by reliable UVF sources that Wright was not involved . The RUC arrested Wright after the shootings . During the interrogation he provided the RUC with an alibi which had placed him in Dungannon when the Cappagh attack occurred , and the RUC confirmed this . Wright himself considered Cappagh to have been a successful UVF operation . '' The Guardian '' newspaper quoted him as saying , " I would look back and say that Cappagh was probably our best "
ambush outside Boyle 's Bar
1991 Cappagh killings
Billy Wright (loyalist)