UNREST IN BELFAST
MUCH SHOOTING DURING THE
WEEK-END
ATTEMPT TO MURDER TWO
CONSTABLES.
(BNITIB PRISS ASSOCIATION.—COHRIGII.)
(AUITRALIAN - NIW ZIALANB CAILI AIIOCIATIOK.)
(Received March i 6, 11 a.m.)
LONDON, sth March,
There was much unrest in Belfast during the week-end, and shooting was ■widespread on Sunday afternoon. An attempt was made to murder two constables in Donegal-street. ' Both were hit, but were not killed. \ Owen Hughes, a tram passenger, was shot dead when the tram was passing the'sniping area. The police later saw a sniper run into an entry, and concentrated their fire there. Twelve men ran out and one was hit, but his comrades dragged him away. The military used a machine-gun in Kent-street. " Two bombs were flung from a- window in Lanark-street at midnight, wounding two" sisters and a brother. One girl had a foot amputated.
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Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 54, 6 March 1922, Page 7
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137UNREST IN BELFAST Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 54, 6 March 1922, Page 7
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