THE son of a man shot dead at Sean Graham bookmaker's has spoken of the hurt felt in the community.
Billy McManus was among victims' relatives who looked on in horror as Mark Sykes was arrested at an anniversary event last week.
His father William McManus (54) was one of five people who were killed by the UDA on Belfast's Ormeau Road in February 1992
The others were James Kennedy (15), Christy Doherty (51), Peter Magee and Jack Duffin (66).
Seven people were also injured in the attack, including Mr Sykes, who was shot seven times.
A small group of relatives had gathered to remember the dead on the 29th anniversary last Friday when police intervened.
The arrest of Mr Sykes has caused a major political row and resulted in chief constable Simon Byrne suspending one officer while another has been 'repositioned'.
Mr McManus said the memorial event was restricted to close family members after a message was placed on social media.
Two three year-old girls, including Mr Sykes's granddaughter and James Kennedy's niece, laid flowers at the memorial and prayers were said.
Collusion is strongly suspected in the 1992 attack.
The release of a Police Ombudsman report into the atrocity was delayed two years ago after it emerged the PSNI had failed to disclose sensitive information linked to the case.
In recent days relatives have stepped up their campaign to have the report released.
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Mr McManus said the events of last Friday brought grieving families back to the events of 1992.
"On a personal level it was horrifying - 29 years ago I was outside the bookmaker's trying to get into my father," he said.
"I witnessed Mark being put on a stretcher with blood on him and taken away in an ambulance and then 29 years later watched him being handcuffed.
"It was humiliating.
"All of the families witnessed this, some of them tried to intervene but they (PSNI) were determined to take him away."
Mr McManus said there was a large police operation.
"There must have been 20-25 police officers present, sirens were going, Land Rovers blocking the road, it was an absolute mess," he said.
"On the day when we remembered our dead, murdered in 1992, it was as if nothing had changed in 29 years."
Mr McManus revealed that he has never walked down University Avenue, which is opposite the bookmaker's, since the atrocity.
"I was emotional at the time and still am," he said.
"I never walk down University Avenue because the only thing you can see is the bookmaker's.
"I live with Sean Graham bookmaker's every day and we just try to do our best."
He added that the latest incident has "traumatised" young people and "now they know what it was like 29 years ago".
Mr McManus urged the Police Ombudsman to release the long-awaited report.
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