Editing Loyalist Volunteer Force (section)

===1996===
* '''7 July''': in [[Aghagallon]], the LVF shot dead Catholic taxi driver Michael McGoldrick (31) in his car. The gunmen then set it on fire. This attack was believed to be related to the [[Drumcree conflict]]; at the time, the [[Orange Order]] was being stopped from marching through the Catholic area of Portadown in their annual 'celebration'.<ref>[http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch96.htm A Chronology of the Conflict: 1996] - ''[[Conflict Archive on the Internet]]''</ref> Members of the group smuggled home-made weaponry to the protests at Drumcree church, apparently unhindered by the Orangemen.<ref name="Susan McKay"/>
* '''10 July''': The LVF was responsible for hijacking a postal van and planting a hoax bomb during rioting in Portadown.<ref name="judiciaryni.uk">https://www.judiciaryni.uk/files/judiciaryni/decisions/R%20v%20Fulton%20and%20Another.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}</ref>
* '''25 October''': LVF members carried out a failed armed robbery at the home of an [[Ulster Bank]] manager in Newcastle County Down.<ref name="judiciaryni.uk"/>