§ Rev. Ian Paisleyasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the murder by the Provisional Irish Republican Army of a corporal of the Ulster Defence Regiment and his 11-year-old daughter on Wednesday 8th February by a booby-trap bomb.
§ Mr. MasonAt 09.23 hours on Wednesday 8th February, a booby-trap bomb exploded as Mr. William Gordon, a part-time corporal in 5 UDR, was setting off in his car to drive two of his three children to school from their home in Maghera, Co. Londonderry. Corporal Gordon and his 11-year-old daughter Lesley were both killed in the explosion, and his eight-year-old son Richard was seriously injured.
Police and Army activity in the area has been greatly intensified and the security forces are making every effort to track down those responsible for this and other recent terrorist incidents.
§ Rev. Ian Paisleyasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many terrorist incidents have taken place in the Turnbrook area of Dunmurry in the current year; what incident took place on the evening of 7th February; and what action the security forces took to deal with it.
§ Mr. MasonSeven terrorist incidents have taken place in this area since 1st January 1978, comprising two shootings, one hijacking, one bomb attack and three finds of arms and ammunition.
At 18.46 on 7th February a shot was fired at a security force mobile patrol in Thornhill Road, Dunmurry. Fire was returned, and, although two members of the patrol pursued the gunman, he escaped. Police inquiries into the incident are continuing.