Sunday, March 8, 2009

Attack In Northern Ireland -- News Updates For March 8, 2009

Police and forensic officers at Massereene barracks in Antrim.
Photograph: Paul Faith/AP (The Guardian)


Antrim Barracks Attack: Soldiers' Killing Was 'Mass Murder Attempt' -- The Telegraph

Two pizza delivery men are among those seriously injured in the attack on an army barracks in Northern Ireland that left two soldiers dead.

Investigating officer Detective Superintendent Derek Williamson said at least two gunmen opened fire indiscriminately on a group of soldiers and the two delivery men as they arrived at Massereene Barracks in Antrim last night.

He said the gunmen fired one burst with automatic weapons then walked forward and shot the victims as they lay on the ground. The two soldiers who were killed were both aged in their early twenties and were due to fly to Afghanistan on active service in the coming days.

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More News On The Antrim Barracks Attack

Soliders were killed execution-style as they lay on ground in Ulster attack -- Times Online
Northern Ireland fears return of terrorist past as two soldiers shot dead -- The Guardian
Two soldiers executed in drive-by shooting as terror returns to Northern Ireland -- The Daily Mail
Antrim soldiers shooting: Eyewitness describes terrible aftermath -- The Telegraph
How the barracks attack unfolded -- BBC
Timeline: dissident terror in Northern Ireland -- Times Online
Brown condemns barracks shooting -- The Independent
Sinn Fein statement on Ulster barracks shooting -- Times Online
In photos: 'Northern Ireland Shootings' -- M&C
Threat from dissident republicans in Ulster 'highest for seven years' -- The Guardian
Comment: warning from Orde still ringing in the ears -- Times Online
Attack shatters 12 years of calm in Northern Ireland -- The Age
FACTBOX: Militant Northern Irish groups since 1998 -- Reuters

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