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Cate McCurry

BIZARRE: Irish government aidan mcanespie report found soldier s claims difficult to accept - What They Never Told You

A report into the shooting of a man as he walked through an Army checkpoint in Northern Ireland found it “difficult to accept” the soldier’s claims about the incident, records show.

Aidan McAnespie died in Aughnacloy, Co Tyrone, in February 1988. The 23-year-old was on his way to a local GAA club when he was shot by a Grenadier guardsman.

Records from the Irish state archives reveal the Crowley Report findings into the shooting.

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