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Northern Ireland #71361

NBC Evening News for Tuesday, Apr 28, 1981
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(Studio) Jailed IRA (Irish Republican Army) leader Bobby Sands reported given last rites; Pope John Paul II's private secretary noted trying to meet with Sands with regard to his hunger strike.
REPORTER: John Chancellor

(Belfast, North Ireland) Burial today of Paul Whitters, another victim in continuing sectarian violence in North Ireland, reported; films shown. Role played by Sands' hunger strike in incring. violence, include today's attack on British security forces, discussed; possibility of IRA (Irish Republican Army) renewing its bomb attacks on London and British politicians if Sands dies cited. Sands' background examined; implications of his recent election to British parliament considered. [Reverend Ian PAISLEY - calls for defense of Protestants.]
REPORTER: Fred Francis Unsigned Sketches

Reporter(s):
Chancellor, John;
Francis, Fred
Duration:
00:02:50

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