Police investigating the actions of a murderous band of undercover British soldiers in West Belfast in the 1970s have launched a drive for information. The shadowy Military Reaction Force (MRF) – whose members have admitted to killing unarmed people – were behind a wave of terror in nationalist districts. Seven months after the sensational admissions […]
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Cops launch major investigation of MRF drive-by killer team
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Two men ‘stable’ after being shot in the legs in West Belfast social club
Two men shot in a paramilitary-style shooting at a West Belfast social club yesterday afternoon are in a stable condition in hospital. Two men with scarves over their faces entered the Grosvenor Homing Pigeon Society premises in Iveagh Street yesterday at around 4pm and ordered two customers to lie on the ground. An eyewitness told […]
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Man arrested in connection with notorious 2001 murder in North Belfast
A 34-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a 2001 North Belfast murder described by police as one of the most savage they’ve ever investigated. David Clarke was battered to death in his Forthriver Road home on June 6, 2001. The 26-year-old had special needs. Fixtures and fittings in the property were destroyed in […]
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Officers saved by bulletproof windows as police car is raked by gunfire
Police have described the firing of shots at an unmarked police car in West Belfast last night as “a mindless, reckless attempt to kill officers”. Around eight shots were fired at the vehicle in Rossnareen Avenue at around 6.50pm. Most of the rounds struck the front passenger side of the vehicle but, as the picture […]
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GAA revamps its Casement team as Kingspan kingpin takes over as head of project
The GAA has revamped its Casement project team as plans for the new stadium go full steam ahead. In a joint statement released last night, Ulster GAA, the Central Council of the GAA and Antrim GAA said the Project Board is continuing to work closely with the planning and delivery teams to prepare a revised scheme […]
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Despite British government apology for killing, soldier maintains that shots were fired from dead man’s vehicle
AN UNNAMED former member of the Parachute Regiment maintained that he believed he was under fire when a colleague shot and killed an unarmed man in Belfast in 1971. An inquest into the killing of Henry ‘Harry’ Thornton (28) outside Springfield Road barracks yesterday heard that the ex-soldier giving evidence, referred to in court as […]
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