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03/10/2017
Appeal Issued Over Army Killing
A coroner has issued an appeal for two women who may have information about the killing of a woman by the Army in L'Derry in 1971.
Kathleen Thompson, a mother of six, was fatally shot in the garden of her home in the Creggan area during a raid.
A new inquest into her death is due to open at Londonderry Courthouse on 27 October.
The Coroner, Mr Patrick McGurgan, issued an appeal for witnesses to come forward.
In a statement the Coroner's office said: "The Coroner is particularly interested to hear from two girls, who may have stood on the wall of the fence at the home of Kathleen Thompson on the night in question.
"Mr Patrick Thompson (Kathleen's husband) may have spoken to these two girls."
(CD/LM)
Kathleen Thompson, a mother of six, was fatally shot in the garden of her home in the Creggan area during a raid.
A new inquest into her death is due to open at Londonderry Courthouse on 27 October.
The Coroner, Mr Patrick McGurgan, issued an appeal for witnesses to come forward.
In a statement the Coroner's office said: "The Coroner is particularly interested to hear from two girls, who may have stood on the wall of the fence at the home of Kathleen Thompson on the night in question.
"Mr Patrick Thompson (Kathleen's husband) may have spoken to these two girls."
(CD/LM)
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