Editing Ulster Volunteer Force (section)

===1994 ceasefire===
In 1990, the UVF joined the [[Combined Loyalist Military Command]] (CLMC) and indicated its acceptance of moves towards peace. However, the year leading up to the loyalist ceasefire, which took place shortly after the Provisional IRA ceasefire, saw some of the worst sectarian killings carried out by loyalists during [[the Troubles]]. On 18 June 1994, UVF members machine-gunned a pub in the [[Loughinisland massacre]] in [[County Down]], on the basis that its customers were watching the [[Republic of Ireland national football team]] playing in the [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] on television and were therefore assumed to be Catholics. The gunmen shot dead six people and injured five.

The UVF agreed to a ceasefire in October 1994.