Murder of Stephen Carroll
2009 murder case in the United Kingdom / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Stephen Carroll was a Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) officer who was killed by the Continuity IRA on 9 March 2009 in Craigavon, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Carroll's killing marked the first time a serving police officer had been killed since the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.
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Killing of Stephen Carroll | |
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Part of the dissident Irish republican campaign | |
Location | Linsmore Manor, Craigavon, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
Date | 9 March 2009 (2009-03-09) About 9:45PM |
Attack type | Ambush |
Weapons | AK-47 |
Deaths | 1 Police officer |
Injured | None |
Perpetrator | Continuity IRA |
Convicted | John Paul Wootton, Brendan McConville[1] |
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Two days before the attack the Real IRA shot dead two British soldiers in Massereene, County Antrim. This period marked a significant escalation in the campaign by dissident republicans.