Protestant Task Force

Protestant Task Force (PTF) was a small armed group active in the 1970s opposed to Northern Irish secession from the United Kingdom. The group claimed to target Catholics associated with the Irish Republican Army (IRA), which sought to wrest Northern Ireland from British control and unite it with the Republic of Ireland in the south. It is unclear whether the PTF committed any purely sectarian killings. The group claimed its members were exclusively former members of the British military, and is alleged to have received support from, or to have been controlled by, British Intelligence.