IRA proxy bombs kill 6 soldiers

Title

IRA proxy bombs kill 6 soldiers

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference; Vox pop

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:58

Description

Karen English reports on 2 IRA bomb attacks one the eve of Anglo-Irish talks at Irish border checkpoints at Newry and Londonderry, in cars driven by civilians whose families had been kidnapped- so-called proxy bombs.6 soldiers and 1 cvivilian have been killed. Includes accounts by 2 eyewitnesses from Londonderry; local priest Henry Devon(?) reaction to death of soldier Cyril Smith in Newry; interview with Seamus Mallon, SDLP MP; Ulster Secretary Peter Brooke expresses outrage.

Contributors

Peter Brooke; Seamus Mallon; Karen English; Henry Devon(?)

Keywords

Deaths; Cyril Smith; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; Ireland; IRA; Army personnel; Summits (meetings); Bombs; Abduction; Londonderry; Newry

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