Sinn Fein reaction to British soldiers killed at IRA funeral

Title

Sinn Fein reaction to British soldiers killed at IRA funeral

Genre

Interview

TX Date

21 Mar 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:01:32

Description

Sinn Fein spokesman Danny Morrison’s reaction to Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Tom King’s statement 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 IRA member Kevin Brady. Arguing that the RUC and the British army thought the incident they were monitoring from a helicopter might be another funeral attack, and this belief was shared by those on the ground. Male interviewer not identified. For Update programme.

Contributors

Danny Morrison

Keywords

Deaths; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; IRA; Sinn Fein; Funerals; Army; Soldiers; Belfast; Andersonstown; RUC; Tom King; Update (radio programme); Milltown Cemetery; Bob Howes; Derek Wood; Kevin Brady

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