Five shot dead in Belfast betting shop

Title
Five shot dead in Belfast betting shop
Genre
News report
TX Date
5 Feb 1992
Year of production
1992
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Duration
00:00:42
Description
The Ulster Freedom Fighters have killed 5 people in a betting shop in Belfast, Northern Ireland in retaliation to an IRA terrorist attack. It comes just a day after an off-duty RUC officer killed 3 men in the Sinn Fein offices. Jeremy Mitchell reports from Belfast.
Contributors
Jeremy Mitchell
Keywords
Northern Ireland; Terrorism; Terrorists; IRA; Homicide; Sinn Fein; Policemen; Belfast; RUC; Betting shops; Allan Moore
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