§ Rev. Ian Paisleyasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on how the Provisional Irish Republican Army breached security at the Royal Ulster Constabulary station in Draperstown and booby-trapped a Land Rover causing injury to two policemen on Tuesday 7th February.
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§ Mr. Mason, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 10th February 1978; Vol. 943, c. 728], gave the following information:
The vehicle in question had been parked overnight in the station compound. It appears that during the night the terrorists cut through the wire mesh perimeter fence in order to enter the compound and plant the device. Police inquiries into the incident are continuing.
§ Rev. Ian Paisleyasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the murder of Mrs. Martha McAlpine by the Provisional Irish Republican Army on Saturday 4th February.
§ Mr. Mason, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 10th February 1978: Vol. 943, c. 728], gave the following information:
At approximately 1530 on Saturday 4th February, gunmen using a stolen van opened fire outside Crusader's Football Club ground, Shore Road, Belfast. A police officer on crowd control duty was injured. One round hit Mrs. Martha McAlpine, who was standing nearby, killing her immediately. Police inquiries into the incident are continuing.
§ Rev. Ian Paisleyasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the murder of the Ulster Defence Regiment Sergeant John Eaglesham by the Provisional Irish Republican Army on Tuesday 7th February.
§ Mr. Mason, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 10th February 1978; Vol. 943, c. 728], gave the following information:
At 0910 hours on Tuesday 7th February two gunmen opened fire on a Post Office van outside the village school at The Rock, 6½ miles north west of Dungannon. One round hit the driver, John Eaglesham, a part-time Sergeant in 5 UDR, killing him instantly. Police inquiries into the incident are continuing.