IRISH RIOTING.
' MURDERS IN BELFAST. LIMERICK TROUBLE OVER. By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. Received March 12, 5.5 p.m. London, March 11. Lieutenant Bru/e, of the Seaforths, recently employed in enforcing the curfew regulations in Belfast, was returning home iu mufti through Alfred Street when thirty to forty men surrounded him and riddled him with bullets. Police rushed to the scene and found Lieut. Bruce dead. Other shootings resulted in a woman being killed and three other persons wounded. A party of gunmen amoushed two policemen at Falls Road, Belfast. They awaited their coming at a stijeet corner and fired a revolver volley, killing Constable Cullen and desperately wounding Constable O’Connor. Other armed men held up two policemen and stole their arms. , -o ru The Limerick trouble has ended. Both the Free State and republican troops agreed to evacuate the city, the municipality taking over charge. ■
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 March 1922, Page 5
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144IRISH RIOTING. Taranaki Daily News, 13 March 1922, Page 5
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