N. Ireland police: Soldiers murdered as they lay on ground

[Gunny]

(CNN) -- The execution-style killing of two British soldiers and wounding of four other people in Northern Ireland was "an attempt at mass murder," police said Sunday.
Police have cordoned off entry to the scene of the attack which killed two soldiers.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown condemned the Saturday night attack as "evil and cowardly," saying "the whole country is shocked and outraged."

The troops are the first British soldiers to be killed in Northern Ireland in 12 years, the Ministry of Defense confirmed.

They were shot as pizzas were delivered to their base in Massereene, in County Antrim, Detective Chief Superintendent Derek Williamson of the Police Service of Northern Ireland said Sunday.

Two other soldiers and two pizza delivery men were also wounded. The injuries were serious, a police spokeswoman said earlier.

Williamson called the attack "an attempt at mass murder," saying that two gunmen with automatic rifles fired an initial volley of shots, then moved forward and fired a second burst at people lying on the ground before fleeing in a car driven by a third person.

N. Ireland police: Soldiers murdered as they lay on ground - CNN.com

I thought they had found better things to do in N. Ireland.

 

[Xenophon]

I also thought that was over with.

Unfortunetly it appears it's not.

 

[sparky]

is it time to play 'spot the terrorist'....?

 

[tigerbob]

(CNN) -- The execution-style killing of two British soldiers and wounding of four other people in Northern Ireland was "an attempt at mass murder," police said Sunday.
Police have cordoned off entry to the scene of the attack which killed two soldiers.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown condemned the Saturday night attack as "evil and cowardly," saying "the whole country is shocked and outraged."

The troops are the first British soldiers to be killed in Northern Ireland in 12 years, the Ministry of Defense confirmed.

They were shot as pizzas were delivered to their base in Massereene, in County Antrim, Detective Chief Superintendent Derek Williamson of the Police Service of Northern Ireland said Sunday.

Two other soldiers and two pizza delivery men were also wounded. The injuries were serious, a police spokeswoman said earlier.

Williamson called the attack "an attempt at mass murder," saying that two gunmen with automatic rifles fired an initial volley of shots, then moved forward and fired a second burst at people lying on the ground before fleeing in a car driven by a third person.

N. Ireland police: Soldiers murdered as they lay on ground - CNN.com

I thought they had found better things to do in N. Ireland.

For a handful of hard liners, it won't be over until there is a united Ireland. But they are the extreme minority these days. There is no appetite for any return of 'the troubles'.