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Northern Ireland #19224

ABC Evening News for Tuesday, Feb 01, 1972
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(Studio) IRA (Irish Republican Army) vows to avenge slayings of 13 Catholics by British troops in Londonderry demonstration. Snipers kill 1 soldier in Belfast. London officials defend troops who, they say, acted with great restraint.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

(Belfast, North Ireland) Trucks stolen to barricade Catholic neighborhoods, then burned. Soldiers lured to disarm hoax bomb are set up as targets for snipers.
REPORTER: Charles Murphy

(Dublin, Ireland) Demonstrators try to set fire to British embassy. Peaceful protest at Ambassador residence noted. Irish workers boycott British ships and planes.
REPORTER: Jerry King

Reporter(s):
King, Jerry;
Murphy, Charles;
Reasoner, Harry
Duration:
00:03:30

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