U.K.: BELFAST BAR SHOOTING LEADS TO INCREASED TENSION AND VIOLENCE IN PROTESTANT AREAS
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1063272
U.K.: BELFAST BAR SHOOTING LEADS TO INCREASED TENSION AND VIOLENCE IN PROTESTANT AREAS
- Title: U.K.: BELFAST BAR SHOOTING LEADS TO INCREASED TENSION AND VIOLENCE IN PROTESTANT AREAS
- Date: 30th December 1973
- Summary: 1. GV Shankill Road 0.03 2. SV Tattered union jack 0.06 3. LV Barnardo Bar 0.11 4. SV Night Shot damages windscreen of Landrover (2 shots) 0.17 5. SV & CU Smashed windscreens of dairy lorries (3 shots) 0.29 6. LV & CU Burned out buses in Lisburn (3 shots) 0.38 7. LV & CU PAN Debris and burned out petrol station (2 shots) 0.50 8. LV Damaged army lookout post 0.53 9. SV PAN DOWN Flag over army barracks (2 shots) 1.01 "The violence, mostly in the Protestant Shankill Road, followed the shooting by an Army patrol of a man outside the Barnardo Bar on Friday night. Later, troops came under fire ten times. Last night a policeman diad when his Landrover was lured into an ambush, again in the area of the Shankill road. Later a crowd of youths smashed the windscreens of over 40 lorries at a Catholic owned dairy, and a police patrol outside was shot at. In Lisburn, five buses were destroyed by fire. Police managed to drive others to safety. It's thought incendiary devices had been hidden inside under the seats. A filling station was also set on fire during last night's violence, and roads to several parts of the city were blocked by hijacked vehicles. Several army positions were fired at during the night, and for the second night running Tenant Street barracks came under attack. Nearby, an Army explosives expert was shot at when he was dealing with a suspicious car." Initials SC/058 SC/119 TELERECORDING original colour on 652/74 38ft Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: BELFAST & LISBURN, NORTHERN IRELAND
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- Country: United Kingdom Northern Ireland
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