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RUBBER AND PLASTIC BULLET VICTIMS

SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT LIKE WHAT THEY SEE BUT THE HARD
FACTS ABOUT BRITISH INJUSTICE NEEDS TO BE SEEN

THESE ARE THE FACTS






Frank Rowntree, 11, of west Belfast, died four days after being struck by an allegedly doctored rubber bullet in April 1972 fired by a member of the British army. His inquest heard a British army representative admit he did not know at what distance it was permissible to fire a rubber bullet gun or at which part of the body it should be aimed.


Tobias Molloy, 18-year-old Strabane Republican, killed by a rubber bullet fired by a soldier at the Camels Hump border crossing in July 1972. Rubber bullets were fired at youths attending his funeral.


Thomas Friel, 21, of Derry city, died in May 1973, five days after being struck on the head by a rubber bullet as he returned home after a night out.


Stephan Geddis, 10, of west Belfast, died in August 1975, two days after being struck on the head by a rubber bullet.


Brian Stewart, 13, of Turf Lodge, West Belfast, died in hospital six days after he was struck by a British army plastic bullet yards from his home. His inquest heard that the soldier did not know the rules governing use of baton rounds.


Michael Donnelly, 21, of Falls Road, West Belfast, a dedicated social worker killed in Leeson Street in August 1980. No riot was in progress. The high court in Belfast heard the plastic bullet was fired "at a time when it was uncalled for and unjustified".


Paul Whitters, 15, Derry city, died in April 1981, 10 days after being struck on the head by a plastic bullet fired by the RUC.


Julie Livingstone, 14, of Lenadoon estate, west Belfast, struck by a plastic bullet as she returned from a shop near her home in may 1981 and died the next day. Witnesses said rioting in the area began AFTER she was shot.


Carol Ann Kelly, 12, of Twinbrook, west Belfast, was struck by a plastic bullet near her home in May 1981 and died two days later. She, too, was returning from a store and was carrying a carton of milk when she was shot.


Henry Duffy, 45, from Creggan, Derry city, was hit on the head and chest in the early morning of May 22, 1981, and died the same day.


Nora McCabe, 30, struck by a plastic bullet fired from an RUC Land Rover at 7.45 one morning in July 1981 and died next day. An RUC superintendent, a front seat passenger in the vehicle, told an inquest no shot was fired. A Canadian television crew provided footage to prove he had committed perjury. He was later promoted.


Peter Doherty, 33, of Divis Flats, west Belfast, was standing in his kitchen in July 1981 when British Marine Commandos fired a plastic bullet through the window, striking him on the head. He died seven days later.


Peter McGuiness, 41, of Shore Road, north Belfast, died minutes after being hit by a plastic bullet in his front garden in August 1981.


Stephen McConomy, 11, Derry city, died three days after being hit by a plastic bullet in April 1982. Witnesses said Stephen was standing with his hands in his pockets when he was struck from a distance of 17 feet.


John Downes, 23, from Andersonstown, west Belfast, killed in the most public fashion when he was struck on the chest at point blank range by an RUC plastic bullet in front of television cameras at a Republican rally.


Keith White, 20, from Mourneview estate, Lurgan, died two weeks after being struck on the head by a plastic bullet at an Apprentice Boys parade in Portadown in March 1986.


Seamus Duffy, 15, of Oldpark, north Belfast, was struck in the rib cage as he ran from RUC vehicles in the New Lodge area in August 1989. He died shortly afterwards.





THEY WERE TOLD PLASTIC BULLETS WOULDN'T MAIM OR KILL


Carol Anne Kelly, aged 12


Dermot Gallagher, aged 11



THEN ONE DAY THE TRUTH HIT THEM



Martin Tumelty..... .... ...... ....


Stephen McConomy, aged 11



BRITISH INJUSTICE AT IT'S BEST





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