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Death wish in Ulster

Once again Ulster was awash in violence. For the second week in a row, Catholic youths in Londonderry and five other towns engaged police and soldiers in sporadic street fighting. The spark for the latest explosion was Bobby Sands, a 27-year-old member of the outlaw Irish Republican Army—and newly e...

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Published in:Newsweek 1981-05, Vol.97 (18), p.40
Main Authors: Levin, Bob, DONOSKY, LEA
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
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Summary:Once again Ulster was awash in violence. For the second week in a row, Catholic youths in Londonderry and five other towns engaged police and soldiers in sporadic street fighting. The spark for the latest explosion was Bobby Sands, a 27-year-old member of the outlaw Irish Republican Army—and newly elected Member of Parliament—who has been staging a hunger strike at Maze Prison near Belfast since March 1.
ISSN:0028-9604
1069-840X