British soldiers killed at IRA funeral

Title

British soldiers killed at IRA funeral

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

20 Mar 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:03:42

Description

Report on the murder by an IRA mob of two British soldiers, Bob Howes and Derek Wood, caught up in the funeral cortege in Andersonstown, Belfast for Kevin Brady, an IRA member killed while attempting to disarm the Milltown Cemetery funeral attacker. Includes male eyewitness account of the killings; journalist Mary Holland on the last rites given to one of the soldiers; Loyalist leader Ian Paisley criticising the RUC decision to stay away from the funeral. Ben Brown reporting for AM programme.

Contributors

Ian Paisley; Ben Brown; Mary Holland

Keywords

Deaths; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; IRA; Funerals; Army; Soldiers; Belfast; Andersonstown; RUC; Milltown Cemetery; AM programme; Bob Howes; Derek Wood; Kevin Brady

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