People Killed By The Official IRA
According to the Sutton database of murders at the University of Ulster's CAIN project, the OIRA was responsible for 52 killings during the Troubles. Twenty-three of its victims were civilians, 17 were members of the security forces, 11 were members of republican paramilitaries (including three of its own members), and one was a member of a loyalist paramilitary.
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