The World - News from July 27, 1986
Three policemen from the Royal Ulster Constabulary were killed by gunmen as they sat in their unmarked patrol car in the border town of Newry, Northern Ireland. A spokesman said several gunmen dressed as butchers in white coats walked up to the parked car on a shopping street, fired into it and also threw a hand grenade inside. The grenade did not explode. The Irish Republican Army, fighting to end British rule in the province, claimed responsibility for the attack.
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