1971 Scottish soldiers' killings
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1971-scottish-soldiers-killings-183-1399420
title:
1971 Scottish soldiers' killings
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The 1971 Scottish soldiers' killings took place in Northern Ireland during The Troubles. On 10 March 1971, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) shot dead three off-duty British soldiers of the 1st Battalion, Royal Highland Fusiliers. The soldiers were from Scotland and two were teenage brothers. They were lured from a pub in Belfast where they had been drinking, driven to a remote location and shot by the roadside. Three British soldiers had been killed before this, but all had been kille
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IRA shooting in Belfast, Northern Ireland
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Scottish_soldiers%27_killings
date created:
2011-03-06T19:02:34Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T23:43:08Z
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