On 19 March 1988, the British Army corporals Derek Wood and David Howes were attacked by members of a crowd attending a funeral of an IRA member, and were later shot dead by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Wearing civilian clothes, both armed with Browning Hi-Power pistols and in a civilian car, the soldiers drove into the funeral procession of an IRA member, seemingly by mistake.
On 19 March 1988, the British Army corporals Derek Wood and David Howes were attacked by members of a crowd attending a funeral of an IRA member, and were later shot dead by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Wearing civilian clothes, both armed with Browning Hi-Power pistols and in a civilian car, the soldiers drove into the funeral procession of an IRA member, seemingly by mistake.
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