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Yorkshire IRA murder

A man arrested earlier over the murder of two Yorkshire soldiers killed by the IRA 36 years ago, has been released.

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Yorkshire soldiers killed in IRA murder 36 years ago

A man has been arrested in connection with the IRA murders of two teenage soldiers in Northern Ireland 36 years ago.

19 year old Pt Michael Harrison was killed in a gun attack in Belfast 36 years ago. A man has been arrested over the murder today.

The pair were both privates in the Light Infantry. Harrison was from the town of Dinnington in South Yorkshire while Private Turnbull hailed from North Yorkshire.

18 year old Pt Richard Turnbull also died in a gun attack in Belfast.

They were just two days into a four month tour of duty in Northern Ireland when they were killed in a hail of bullets as the army patrol they were travelling in turned into the path of the waiting ambush.

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