Deputy first minister asked to issue statement about Derry Brigade activities by family of 19-year-traditional shot by British troopsThe deputy first minister of Northern Ireland,Martin McGuinness, has agreed to give evidence about IRA activities in his native Derry after a request from the family of a republican shot dead by the British army in 1972.
McGuinness had been asked to issue a statement about the IRA’s Derry Brigade during the period of Operation Motorman, or when the British army dismantled so-called “no proceed” areas of the city where barriers prevented the free movement of security forces.
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Source: theguardian.com