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Martin McGuinness: “Non ho mai ucciso nessuno”

‘I didn’t kill anybody’ – McGuinness

Irish presidential candidate Martin McGuinness has denied ever killing anyone during his time in the IRA.

Martin McGuinness, 1972Mr McGuinness made the comments on the campaign trail during an interview with UTV-owned radio station Cork 96FM on Thursday.

He also said he was not indirectly responsible for killings carried out by the terrorist group.

“I didn’t kill anybody, I didn’t shoot anybody”, Mr McGuinness said.

When asked if he had shot a gun at anybody, he replied: “Well I’m not going to get into the detail of all of that”.

“I was in the IRA at a time when Derry was being occupied by the British Army, when there was great injustice, and people were being treated like second class citizens,” he said.

“Many young people of my generation were involved in attacking the British Army and the RUC with petrol bombs, with stones, with anything that they could get their hands on and I was no different from any of the rest of them”, he added.

Cork 96FM presenter Neil Prendeville then put it to Mr McGuinness: “So you didn’t use guns, you left that to others?”

“No I didn’t say that at all, I don’t divest myself of my responsibility during the time I was in the IRA,” Mr McGuinness replied.

The Sinn Féin member has faced repeated questions over his IRA past since announcing his candidacy.

When questioned again about the specific length of time he was a member of the organisation, he said:

“I told the Saville tribunal that I joined the IRA I think it was 1970, and I left the IRA at the end of 1974.”

He was then asked: “That seems very early to leave, doesn’t it? ”

“Well as I explained before I was fighting elections since 1982 and trying to build up Sinn Féin as a political party in the North”, he answered.

The Irish presidential election will be held on 27 October.

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Di professione grafico e web designer, sono appassionato di trekking e innamorato dell'Irlanda e della sua storia. Insieme ad Andrea Varacalli ho creato e gestisco Les Enfants Terribles.

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