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Sun 03 Mar 2009Shootings were attempt at mass murder, says PSNI
A major security operation is under way in Northern Ireland after two soldiers were shot dead and four others injured in a gun attack on a British army barracks in Co Antrim last night which is being blamed on dissident Republicans.
The attack on the Massereene barracks, which has been described by police as “an attempt at mass murder”, has drawn widespread condemnation from political and religious leaders on both islands.
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