LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Divis Flats bombing

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

17 Sep 1982

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:01:40

Description

Report on a bomb attack at the mainly Catholic Divis Flats in Belfast during a police search for explosives on the housing estate. 14 year-old Stephen Bennett was killed in the blast. Includes interview with Jim Crutchley, RUC; Father Pat Buckley, local priest. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Pat Buckley; Jim Crutchley

Keywords

Deaths; Crime; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; Police; UK; Terrorists; Violence; IRA; Council housing; Adolescents; INLA; Homicide; Children (age group); Bombs; Belfast; Explosives; RUC; Residential estates; Divis Flats; Stephen Bennett

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