Editorial photo #3594986 Crime, Law and Justice

State Papers Shed New Light On Family Of Gibraltar Three's Fight For Truth

A view of Shell (now Gib Oil) petrol station on Winston Churchill Avenue in Gibraltar, where McCann and Farrell were shot. Irish state papers newly released under 30-year rule recall show 12 months of violence in Northern Ireland, after three unarmed IRA members, Danny McCann, Sean Savage and Mairead Farrell, were shot dead on 6 March 1988 on the territory of Gibraltar by British Special Air Service (SAS) troops. On Friday, December 28, 2018, in Ireland. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto)

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Photo ID: #3594986
Date taken: 28 December 2018
Location: —
Photographer: Artur Widak/NurPhoto
Category: Crime, Law and Justice

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