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Teenager charged with murder of Northern Ireland policeman
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A Northern Ireland teenager has been charged with the murder of PSNI constable Stephen Carroll earlier this month.
The 17-year-old appeared at Lisburn magistrates court shortly before 11am today where he faced four charges including murder, possessing of an AKM assault rifle and 26 rounds of ammunition, gathering intelligence likely to be of use to terrorists, and membership of the Continuity IRA.
The youth, who cannot be named because of his age, denied all the charges, according to his solicitor.
Carroll, 48, was shot dead as he answered a call for help in Craigavon on 9 March. He was the first Police Service of Northern Ireland officer to be murdered by terrorists.
No just reason to comment on the individual arrested. That’s for the law courts to bring forth.
Just another opportunity to offer an observation drawn from a half-century of supporting guerilla movements and wars of national liberation, trying to free individual nations from the colonial past. Terrorist attacks on non-military targets are the work of ignorant fools.
When you have a chance to achieve liberty through democratic and peaceful means, involving the whole population – that’s where you put all your efforts.
UPDATED: Second man arrested and charged. And a third.
