IRA Kills Ulster Officer
United Press International
BELFAST, Northern Ireland —
Irish Republican Army gunmen burst into the home of an ailing 41-year-old policeman today and shot him to death at point-blank range in front of his screaming wife, authorities said. The slaying brought to 62 the death toll from political and sectarian violence in British-ruled Northern Ireland in the first seven months of 1987.
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