‘I.R.A. guerrillas had hands up when
NZPA-PA; London Two of the three I.R.A. members: killed in Gibraltar had their hands in the air when were shot, a witness sain in a television interviewl The pair, who appeared to be giving themselves up, Were finished off on the ground by a gunman who coptinued shooting, at them, the woman said. The witness, called
Carmjen, told the Thames Television’s "This Week” programme, to be screened tonight, how three! men arrived at speed in a Gibraltar police car. They then jumped over a metal barrier in the centre of the road, guns in hland. Without warning, |they opened fire on Mairead Farrell and Daniel McCann, who were walking in front of
a petrol]station. This I conflicts with newspaper reports that Farrell I was with the third I.R.A. member killed, j Sean Savage, while McCann was shot some distance away. On he programme, and in separate sworn affidavit, Carmen insisted the two. put up their hands when they saw the gunmen.
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