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Thursday 18 January 1973 Bomb at house A private house 200 yards west of Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry has been bombed. Four men are said to have entered the house and told the cleaning woman to leave before planting the bomb. The woman was then taken with the bombers and released a short time later at Camlough Road, she was released unharmed.
Street. It is understood that Mr Weir was talking to an unknown man when he was joined by two others. After a brief conversation the first man produced a gun. One of the other men lunged for the weapon and either slipped or was knocked to the ground As he lay on the ground he heard a shot and Mr Weir fell fatally wounded.. It is understood that Mr Weir, his killer and the two other men visited a number of public houses in the town before the shooting.
Thursday 18th January 1973 Bomb at AOH hall A bomb, which had been contained in a milk churn, has been left outside the AOH Hall at Silverwood but explosives experts thought it might be too risky to attempt to defuse and sealed the area off. It was later defused.
Friday 19th January 1973 Youth badly beaten in East Belfast Soldiers have found an 18-year-old youth lying on the ground in East Belfast. The man, a Protestant, had been severely beaten. The motive for the attack is not known.
Thursday 18th January 1973 Lurgan arms find A rifle, 38 rounds of ammunition and three magazines have been found during a search of Kilmore Road in Lurgan Friday 19th January 1973 Bomb explodes at paint store A wallpaper and paint store in Belfast’s Smithfield Square has been gutted by fire after a 15-20 lb incendiary bomb exploded in the front doorway. No warning was given but the manager noticed two suspicious carrier bags with liquid oozing from them and raised the alarm. The area was cleared and the bomb exploded a quarter of an hour later. The shop is owned by Mr Matthew McMullan. It is not known if the bomb was connected to an incendiary device or whether paint in the shop ignited. th
Friday 19th January 1973 UDA checkpoints About 150 UDA men in paramilitary uniform have stopped cars in the Sandown Road-Knock Road areas of Belfast during the night. The UDA said that the checks were started because of reports that a gunman was seen in the area.
Friday 19th January 1973 Shebeen raided The RUC, backed up by troops, have raided a shebeen at Wheatfield Drive on the fringe of the Ardoyne area. A quantity of liquor was seized from an empty house was seized. The RUC is trying to determine whether any of it has been hi-jacked. No arrests were made. Friday 19th January 1973 Shot man named as IRA member The man who was shot dead by a British soldier in the Royal Victoria hospital on Thursday has been named as Arthur Francis Liggett, a labourer of St James’ Road. Death notices in local papers describe him as being a volunteer in the Provisional’s 2nd battalion.
Friday 19 January 1973 Protestants interrogated by IRA Two Protestant men from the Shankill Road have beheld by the IRA in Ardoyne for nine hours. The men are said to have been brought to a derelict house where they were interrogated about the UDA and UVF. One of the men has been named by the UDA as being one of their members. The men were later released. Friday 19th January 1973 Bombs explode at Desertmartin Friday 19th January 1973 Bombs have wrecked the national school and badly damMan shot dead in Portadown aged a Catholic Church at Desertmartin. The RUC have A 46-year-old man has died after being shot dead in the said that a 25-30 lb bomb had been left near the altar and centre of Portadown during the night. The man, who has the blast blew the roof off. The school was gutted by the been named as Joseph Henry Weir, of Churchill Park died fire which followed the explosion. A number of gas cylinin a shooting incident at the Magown Buildings in West ders were used in the attack as incendiaries.