Catholic Reporter Killed in Drive-By Shooting
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From Times Wire Reports
A Catholic journalist was killed in a drive-by shooting hours after Britain warned Northern Ireland’s largest outlawed Protestant group to stop attacks on Catholics and police or face the consequences.
Police said Martin O’Hagan was killed walking home in Lurgan, a town southwest of Belfast. No group claimed responsibility.
O’Hagan had made many enemies with his hard-hitting reports on the Protestant paramilitary.
The shooting came after Britain announced the Ulster Defense Assn. had promised to stop its attacks and resume a cease-fire.
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