Protestant Teen Slain; Youths Riot in Belfast
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland — A Protestant teen-ager was shot to death Monday night and rioting pro-IRA youths went on a rampage across Belfast after British undercover commandos killed four Irish Republican Army gunmen in Northern Ireland.
The 17-year-old was shot to death while working in a video store. A renegade group called the Irish People’s Liberation Organization said it was responsible for the killing.
Then the youths, angered by the killing of the IRA gunmen Sunday night, rioted, setting buses on fire and throwing gasoline bombs at police.
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