THE TROUBLES
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An Army spokesman has said that the soldier received a graze to his cheek when the shots were fired in Waterford Street
Wednesday 3rd January 1973 Man shot at Glencairn A 31-year-old man has been found lying on the road with a gunshot wound to the knee in the Glencairn area of Belfast. It is unsure how the incident happened but it is thought that he was captured by three men in a car and then shot.
Wednesday 3rd January 1973 Gunman shoots man in knee At around 9.30pm yesterday a 20-year-old man was shot in Distillery Street, Belfast, when a car pulled up beside him and called him over. As the youth went over to the car he was shot in the knee. The RUC have said that a .22 rifle was used.
Wednesday 3rd January 1973 Rocket fired at RUC base A rocket, which was launched at an RUC base in Benagh, County Tyrone, has failed to hit the building and exploded Tuesday 2nd January 1973 inside a derelict building. No one was hurt in the attack Explosives find at Greencastle which was launched from a nearby hill on the OmaghThe RUC has said that the Army has made safe 2 lbs of Ballygawley Road. It is understood that the rocket narexplosive mixture which was found at Catherine’s Row, rowly missed the barrack’s married quarters. near the M2 junction at Greencastle. Wednesday 3rd January 1973 Shots fired into home Tuesday 2nd January 1973 A man and his wife narrowly escaped death when a bullet Death figures for 1972 smashed through the window of their home at Fairway, The official death figures for civil unrest in 1972 show that Antiville, Larne. Three shots were fired at the house by a 467 people were killed. Including last nights shooting vicnumber of men. tim, the death total since 1969 is now 679. Wednesday 3rd January 1973 Sniper shoots soldier A soldier has been slightly wounded when an Army foot patrol came under fire in the lower Falls area of Belfast.
RIGHT - The Ben Madigan Station where Trevor Rankin was shot dead by Republicians. LEFT - Trevor Rankin