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4 September 1971 - John Warnock (18), a member of British Army, killed in an Official Irish Republican Army land mine attack on a mobile patrol passing Derrybeg Park, Newry. 23 October 1971 - Sean Ruddy (28), James McLaughlin (26) and Robert Anderson (26), all shot by the British Army, who believed they were robbing a bank .
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council agreed only to "proceed to clarify responsibility for the John Mitchel statue, develop options for an education programme, identify the origins of John Mitchel Place and give consideration as to other potential issues in relation to slavery within the council area".
The UVF fatally shot a Catholic civilian, John Scullion, as he walked home on 27 May. A month later it shot three Catholic civilians as they left a pub, killing Peter Ward, a Catholic from the Falls Road. [72] [76] Shortly after, the UVF was proscribed by the Northern Ireland government. [72]
The 1971 Newry killings was an incident during the Troubles in Newry, Northern Ireland where undercover British Army soldiers shot and killed three Catholic civilians in disputed circumstances on 23 October 1971.
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There were further riots on 13 August in Dungannon, Coalisland, Dungiven, Newry and Armagh. [20] In Coalisland, the B-Specials opened fire on rioters without orders but were immediately ordered to stop. [20] On 14 August riots continued in Dungannon, Armagh and Newry. In Dungannon and Armagh, the B-Specials again opened fire on rioters.
We all have troubles, but I and most Americans don’t have any about the worry or irritant phase. But government at every level seems deeply troubled by incompetence that is systemic.
It is the biggest public inquiry in British history. [177] 29 May Devolution was restored to the Northern Ireland Assembly. [176] 2–12 July Drumcree conflict – the annual Orange Order parade was banned from marching through the nationalist Garvaghy area of Portadown. The security forces erected large barricades to prevent loyalists from ...