2 Men Slain as Gang Warfare Heats Up
From Times Wire Reports
A gunman killed two Protestant militants in one of a series of shooting and arson attacks linked to a deepening turf war among Northern Ireland’s pro-British “loyalist” gangs. About 100 British soldiers were deployed in the most violent areas of Belfast, the provincial capital, to back up police. Friends of one of the slain men, a leading member of the Ulster Defense Assn., blamed the rival Ulster Volunteer Force and vowed revenge.
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