Troops flown in to stem Irish killings

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33941, 6 September 1975, Page 15

Troops flown in to stem Irish killings

(N.Z.PA.-Reuter—Copyright) ; BELFAST, September 5. j Guerrillas bombed a tavern and wounded at least eight people late last night as more British troops xvere brought into Northern Ireland in an attempt to stem a new wave of sectarian murders. Police said at least eight people were wounded when the bomb completely wrecked ' a Roman Catholic-owned tav-

lern near Laughgall, County Armagh. ! County Armagh has been I the centre of sectarian killings in recent weeks, and to- ! day an extra 650 soldiers ’ were on their way to North- ! ern Ireland from garrisons in ■ England. A total of 14,800 troops is now on duty in Northern Ireland where Protestant majority leaders are urging the British Government to launch an all-out military campaign against Catholic Republican guerrillas. The Northern Ireland Minister (Mr Merlvn Rees) flew to London yesterday to dis- • cuss the deteriorating situation with the Prime Minister (Mr Harold Wilson). Meanwhile in London, the police published the descrintion and nhotograph of 21-year-old Margaret McKear-; nev today, saving the prettv' blue-eved Irish girl was “probably the most dangerous and active woman ter- | rorist operating over here.”' According to the police. Miss McKearney is acting as )a courier for the guerrilla i Irish Republican Armv bringing explosives and money from Ireland to England. She had been identified in connection with a number of incidents including bombings and shootings in London late last vear which led to the murder of a policeman, the police statement said. Siroon in Madrid Spanish police have an--1 nounced the arrest of 36 alleged urban guerrillas, including the suspected killers of two Madrid policemen. In one of the largest nolice swoops in recent years, the authorities said they also arrested the alleged authors of! bomb attacks on the) Uruguayan Embassy and the! underground railway in Madrid—Madrid. i