Two days after the deaths of two soldiers, with four people injured, a police officer in County Armagh in Northern Ireland was shot and killed as he and a colleague answered a call for help. Officials insist the two events are not linked, with police chief Hugh Orde saying “these are disparate groups, badly infiltrated and indeed many awaiting trial north and south of the border. It just reminds us that a small group of people determined to wreck what is huge political progress are becoming more dangerous.” BBC
Posted by Ellen Wallace on 10 March 2009 at 7:28 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 10 March 2009.
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Tags: Armagh, killings, Northern Ireland, peace process, police officer, shot
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