The World - News from Sept. 3, 1989
British undercover soldiers shot and killed a Protestant extremist in Northern Ireland minutes after he and another gunman killed a Roman Catholic in the Ardoyne area of Belfast, security sources said. Residents said the man killed by the army is believed to be a member of the outlawed Ulster Volunteer Force. His accomplice was wounded. Witnesses said the two attackers came up to their victim, Patrick McKenna, 38, on a motorcycle and that one dismounted and shot McKenna. As the attackers sped off, leaving McKenna dead on the sidewalk, their motorcycle was rammed by an unmarked military car carrying out an undercover patrol.
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