Miami Showband attack was 'worst sight anyone could ever imagine', says survivor

Miami Showband attack was 'worst sight anyone could ever imagine', says survivor

Surviving Miami Showband members Des Lee (left), Steven Travers (centre) and Ray Muller(right) moments after the unveiling of a memorial statue and plaque to commemorate the fallen Miami Showband members Fran O’Toole, Tony Geraghty and Bryan McCoy who were murdered at Bushkill, Newry, Co Down in 1975. Picture: PA

The aftermath of a loyalist ambush in which three members of the Miami Showband were killed 50 years ago was “the worst sight anyone could ever imagine”, a survivor of the attack has said.

Des Lee said he remembers “every single thing in the finest detail” from the atrocity on July 31 1975.

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