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Corporals killings
British Army corporals David Howes and Derek Wood〔Taylor, 284.〕 were killed by the Provisional IRA on 19 March 1988 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in an event which became knowns as the corporals killings. The plain-clothes soldiers were killed after driving a car into the funeral procession of an IRA member.〔 Three days before, loyalist paramilitary Michael Stone had attacked an IRA funeral and killed three people. Believing the soldiers were loyalists intent on repeating Stone's attack,〔 dozens of people surrounded and attacked their car. During this, Corporal Wood drew his service pistol and fired a shot in the air. The soldiers were then dragged from the car, beaten, and taken to nearby waste ground where they were stripped and shot dead.〔Lost Lives 2007 Edition, p1121-24. ISBN 978-1-84018-504-1〕
The incident was filmed by television cameras and the images have been described as some of the "most dramatic and harrowing" of the conflict in Northern Ireland.〔
==Background==
The killings took place against a backdrop of violence at high-profile Irish republican funerals. A heavy security presence was criticized as instigating unrest, leading authorities to adopt a "hands off" policy with respect to policing IRA funerals.〔Tyler Marshall, (5 Slayings Prompt Review of Policy on IRA Funerals ) ''Los Angeles Times'' 22 March 1988〕 On 6 March 1988, three unarmed IRA members preparing for a bomb attack on the band of the Royal Anglian Regiment〔(British Commandos Testify on Gibraltar ), New York Times〕 were killed by members of the Special Air Service in Gibraltar during Operation Flavius. Their unpoliced funerals in Belfast's Milltown Cemetery on 16 March were attacked by Ulster Defence Association (UDA) member Michael Stone with pistols and hand grenades, in what became known as the Milltown Cemetery attack. Three people were killed and more than 60 wounded, one of the dead being IRA member Caoimhín Mac Brádaigh (Kevin Brady). Mac Brádaigh's funeral, just three days after Stone's attack, took place amid an extremely fearful and tense atmosphere, those attending being in trepidation of another loyalist attack.〔Taylor, Peter. ''Brits: The War against the IRA''. London: Bloomsbury, 2001. 284. ISBN 0-7475-5007-7〕 The attendance at the funeral included large numbers of IRA members who acted as stewards.
David Robert Howes (23) and Derek Tony Wood (24) were corporals in the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals. According to the British Army, Howes and Wood ignored general orders to stay away from IRA funeral processions.〔( IRA claims killing of policeman ) ''Associated Press'' 21 March 1988〕 It has been presumed that the two men drove into the procession by accident.〔〔Bob Aylott, (David Cairns - Under fire ) ''Amateur Photographer'' 7 June 2007〕〔David McKittrick, (Northern Ireland: The longest tour of duty is over ) ''The Independent'' 31 July 2007〕
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