IRA Murder Two Off Duty British Army Corporals

The episode is remembered by many as one of the most shocking fatal incidents of the troubles, largely because of the graphic television coverage which showed dozens of men attacking their car. After being taken from their car and beaten, the corporals were driven to waste ground and shot. The incident, which became known as 'the corporals' killings', was seen as both extraordinarily brutal.
The sequence of events was watched by an army surveillance helicopter on film which was later produced in evidence at a series of trials related to the incident. The film included harrowing footage of the actual deaths of the soldiers as they were shot by I.R.A. gunmen.
The soldiers were pulled from the car as they where blocked from getting out of the area by black taxis. They where pulled out though the windows by republicans, beaten and stripped naked on waste ground before being executed.

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