Un magistrato sopravvissuto al tentativo di assassinio da parte dell’IRA, nel corso del quale morì sua figlia, è deceduto due giorni fa
Nell’aprile del 1984 gli spararono sei volte, mentre stava uscendo da messa nella chiesa di St Brigid, a South Belfast, con la moglie e la figlia.
Fu gravemente ferito ma sua figlia Mary, di professione insegnante, fu ferita a morte.
Travers non potè partecipare al funerale della figlia perché si trovava ancora in terapia intensiva al Belfast City Hospital.
A gennaio, l’ufficio del Police Ombudsman chiese scusa a Travers per gli errori nel rapporto sull’omicidio.
Tratto da BBC News
IRA murder bid magistrate, Tom Travers, dies
A magistrate who survived an IRA murder attempt 25 years ago in which his daughter was killed has died.
In April 1984, he was shot six times by the IRA as he left Mass at St Brigid’s Church in south Belfast with his wife and daughter.
He was seriously injured but his daughter Mary, a schoolteacher, was fatally wounded.
Mr Travers was unable to attend his daughter’s funeral because he was still in the intensive care unit of Belfast City Hospital.
In January, the Police Ombudsman‘s office apologised to Mr Travers for errors in a report into the murder.