rte.ie – Three people shot dead by British soldiers on Bachelors Walk

More than 30 others injured as 21 soldiers shoot into crowd

Three Dubliners were shot dead yesterday by British soldiers on Bachelors Walk in Dublin yesterday evening.

Mary Duffy (50), Patrick Quinn (46) and James Brennan (18) were killed when soldiers fired on a crowd who were throwing stones and abusing the King’s Own Scottish Borderers as they returned to barracks. More than 30 other people are in hospital, some with serious injuries, including men who were bayoneted by the soldiers.