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Paramilitari per ultimo saluto a John Brady

Shots fired at cell death funeral

A volley of shots have been fired over the coffin of dissident Republican John Brady who died at a police station.

John Brady, volley of shotFour men dressed in paramilitary style uniform and black masks flanked the coffin at the dead man’s home on the Drumrallagh estate in Strabane.

Three men fired shots into the air over the coffin before it was moved to the church for the funeral mass.

It is understood that Mr Brady took his own life at Strand Road PSNI station in Londonderry on Saturday.

He was arrested on Friday over an alleged assault.

His family said they were concerned over the circumstances of his death which is now being investigated by the police ombudsman.

The 40-year-old was on weekend parole from prison when he was arrested.

He was serving the final part of a sentence for the murder of a police officer during the Troubles, to which he pleaded guilty in 1991.

RUC Reserve Constable David Black died after an under-car booby-trap bomb exploded near his home on the outskirts of Strabane 20 years ago.

‘Revoked’

John Brady, RepubblicanoBrady was released under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement but his licence was later revoked and he was returned to prison in November 2003.

It is understood that, before his latest arrest, he was due for release in a matter of weeks.

Last year, Mr Brady was charged with putting a bomb under the car of a former RIR soldier in 2002.

However, the charge of attempted murder was dropped over concerns about the reliability of low copy number DNA evidence, which had been criticised during the Omagh bomb trial.

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René Querin

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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