Balcombe Street Siege - Gunmen surrender

Title

Balcombe Street Siege - Gunmen surrender

Genre

News report

TX Date

Dec 1975

Year of production

1975

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Duration

00:02:16

Description

Jon Snow reports on the end of the Balcombe Street Siege (06/12 to 12/12/75), in which four IRA members had taken a flat’s two residents, John and Sheila Matthews, captive. Includes a detailed account of the action leading up to and including the gunmen surrendering.

Contributors

Jon Snow

Keywords

Northern Ireland; Terrorism; IRA; Hostages; Sieges; Sheila Matthews; John Matthews; Robert Mark; Balcombe Street

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