Bonfire night, July 11
OVER the July 12 period, six consecutive nights of attacks terrorised the tiny unionist ghetto on the Foyle’s Cityside called the Fountain. Youths and children, some as young as eight, rained bricks, bottles and petrol bombs on the district. It’s generally agreed the so-called New IRA orchestrated the strikes to lure police to the scene... Read more »
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