Corporals killings
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On 19 March 1988, the British Army corporals Derek Wood and David Howes were attacked by members of a crowd attending a funeral of an IRA member, and were later shot dead by the Provisional Irish Repu
Father Alec Reid administers the last rites to Corporal David Howes.
Corporal Derek Wood produces a weapon as he tries to hold back the crowd.
Milltown Cemetery attack
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On 16 March 1988, Michael Stone, an Ulster loyalist, attacked the funeral of three Provisional IRA members, killed in Operation Flavius, at Milltown Cemetery in Belfast, Northern Ireland with hand gre
Corporals killings
…civilian car, the soldiers drove into the funeral procession of an IRA member, seemingly by mistake. Three days before, the loyalist Michael Stone had attacked an IRA funeral and killed three people. Believing the soldiers were loyalists intent on repeating Stone's attack, dozens of people surrounded and attacked their car…
The funerals, minutes before the attack
The republican plot at Milltown Cemetery, Michael Stone's target
Memorial to the victims of the attack in Milltown Cemetery, Belfast
Memorial to Mairéad Farrell, Daniel McCann, Seán Savage and the victims of the attack in Milltown Cemetery, Belfast