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IRA rocket hits police car in Belfast killing officer
IRA rocket strike in west Belfast hits a moving police car and kills a 23 year old officer while wounding three others. The attack follows the death of hunger striker Francis Hughes and occurs as four Maze prisoners are on hunger strike. Prime Minister Thatcher rejects prisoner status concessions and Irish foreign minister seeks European intervention.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
TRA
Irish Republican Army
West Belfast
Francis Hughes
IRA
Provisional
London
Margaret Thatcher
Maze
Edward M. Kennedy
Daniel P. Moynihan
Thomas “Tip” O’neill
New York
Hugh Carey
Brian Lenihan
Irish Republic
Dublin
Strasbourg
France
European Commission On Human Rights
Raymond McCreesh
Patrick O’hara
Joseph McDonnell
Bobby Sands
Brendan McLaughlin
Hughes
Bellaghy
County
Londonderry
Sands