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Reaction to the death of Bobby Sands in Belfast

John Tusa introduces Brian Walker’s report by noting that Sands’ death will guarantee him a place in the pantheon of Irish republican martyrs.

The report itself covers the return of Sands’ remains to his family home in the Twinbrook district of west Belfast and describes the riots that erupted within hours of his death; how the security forces responded with plastic bullets and mentions that a youth was shot in the legs by the army during disturbances on the Falls Road.

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