Shooting
Open on the mapCorporals killings in Belfast: Two British Army corporals are abducted
19 Mar 1988 · 54.57° N, 5.99° W
What the records say
- When
- 19 Mar 1988
- Kind
- Shooting
- Coordinates
- 54.57° N, 5.99° W
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Corporals killings.
Summary
Corporals killings in Belfast: Two British Army corporals are abducted, beaten and shot dead by Irish republicans after driving into the funeral cortege of IRA members killed in the Milltown Cemetery attack.
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