European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday match 22. 19bb the stars and stripes Page 9 8ra gunman kills Belfast policeman Belfast. Northern Ireland Lai i a policeman was shot dead monday by the Irish Republican army to Days after a Mph i an a funeral killed to British said in 1 uha Tjit thu a i in univ a in a jeep was shot in Ine head in theroman District of Dort Derry Dovd at h Ira Iki Mcd ii Biliie in a Clandestine pm san go to in fair Media the a Faker. Whose name a As not Mack Public. As the urd person Antl the to Nihil Peihu Noiin to air in the Brit ish pm Nee tins car police Zuur Mosaid monday about 30suspects arc being sought in connection with the anti a i Lack saturday on two British Soldin. The outlawed Ira also claimed responsibility for the killings of Chesnu licit. Irish and a nah newspapers said Roundup of suspects in Catholic Strong Holdi in Belfast is made no formal statement but the Sourm requesting anonymity said suspects were identified by studying video tape of saturday s rampage in which the iwo Sot dvrs were beaten and stripped naked by he crowd and shot by Ira run men. Three suspects were arrested immediately after Init killings. In the Catholic markets drat rid of we Belfast police Sci cd to pounds of i Plosive that Kenai Early monday and said they arrested a woman. In London Proli ant politicians demanded that Northern Ireland Secretary Tom King resume heavy Security at Ira funerals. King was to make a statement in the House of commons monday. In All. Five people died during burials or funeral cortege in a four Day period Asi week. C for Itie i err of the soldiers a statement by the to at Urr constabulary tic non hem ire land police Force said Only that inquiries arc bin actively but police sources who spoke on condition of anonymity said about to suspects Etc identified after officers scrutinized film of the slaying. The British army said sunday he i to soldiers had limited general orders to stay away from the Iruh Republican army funeral men s commanding officer m Bel fail u. Col. Martin Roberts said in Aradio interview monday that the men must have driven into the area by mistake. Obviously the soldiers drove into the funeral cortege by mistake and tried to escape and in the process they were hemmed in by the Black tails said Roberts commander of the army s communications in Northern Ireland. An army helicopter assigned to film the. Funeral in Catholic Wen by fam Hov ered overhead Ai a Caporali Derek Wood 24. And David Howes 23, were killed. Kin Lew o Belfast on sunday for Brief ing from army and police chiefs ind was shown the helicopter s film of the attack. Ulster unionist Leader James Molyneaux claimed the two soldiers were sacrificed to he new policy of not policing Ira funerals while so members of the Security forces were on standby in the City. Cpl. Dahl h
