Gibraltar shootings inquest

Title

Gibraltar shootings inquest

Genre

News report

TX Date

13 Sep 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:01:50

Description

Kevin Murphy reports from Gibraltar during the inquest into the murder of three alleged IRA terrorists by security forces on 06/03/88. The tactical commander of the SAS men who fired the shots has given the inquest a graphic account of the last moments in the lives of the three suspects. He said he believed his men had used minimum force to stop the terrorists and started to shout warnings before opening fire.

Contributors

Kevin Murphy

Keywords

Deaths; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; UK; IRA; Military personnel; Special forces; Gibraltar; Inquests; Mairead Farrell; Sean Savage; Danny McCann

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