The World - News from Jan. 27, 1987
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Gunmen killed an officer in the Ulster Defense Regiment as he walked to work in Dungannon, 40 miles west of the Northern Ireland capital of Belfast. Maj. George Shaw, 57, who held a civilian job with the Defense Ministry and served in the locally recruited militia regiment part-time, was shot by at least two assailants. They hijacked a passing car, then abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot across the fields, police said. The outlawed Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility.
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