The World - News from April 23, 1989
A 26-year-old taxi driver was shot and killed in North Belfast, Northern Ireland, in a drive-by attack claimed by the outlawed Irish Republican Army. The driver, William Thompson of Belfast, was overtaken by another taxi and a masked man inside fired at him, police said. The IRA said in a statement that it had information that Thompson had been involved in sectarian murders.
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