Shotgun horror of murdered spy
Sarah Brett in Glenties and Chris Thornton
Belfast Telegraph, UK
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Murdered agent Denis Donaldson may have only had enough time to shield his face from a shotgun blast when his killers pounced, it emerged today.Donaldson - who had been arrested for being an IRA spy only to later admit he was a British agent - was faced with his killer on Monday night or early yesterday.When the gunman burst into the cottage in a mountainous part of west Donegal, Donaldson appears to have had only enough time to shield his face from a shotgun blast.
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That blast nearly severed one of his hands and may have caused fatal wounds, but initial assumptions are that a second blast to the head killed him.Garda detectives discovered two shotgun shells at the cottage in Doochary and there were signs of a break-in.
Police had seen the former Sinn Fein official in nearby Glenties on Monday night, and a neighbour found his body yesterday after noticing the door was ajar.
Detectives were trying to retrace Donaldson's final hours today as the British and Irish governments were absorbing the political repercussions of his grisly death.The murder of the 56-year-old spy inside a remote Donegal cottage sparked off a major Garda manhunt as well as sparking damage limitation exercises in London and Dublin.
Apr 05, 2006
Sarah Brett in Glenties and Chris Thornton
Belfast Telegraph, UK
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Murdered agent Denis Donaldson may have only had enough time to shield his face from a shotgun blast when his killers pounced, it emerged today.Donaldson - who had been arrested for being an IRA spy only to later admit he was a British agent - was faced with his killer on Monday night or early yesterday.When the gunman burst into the cottage in a mountainous part of west Donegal, Donaldson appears to have had only enough time to shield his face from a shotgun blast.
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See Also:
Police warned Killed British spy that he was a marked man
Killing is steeped in a grisly symbolism
Spy murder was inevitable says intelligence expert
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That blast nearly severed one of his hands and may have caused fatal wounds, but initial assumptions are that a second blast to the head killed him.Garda detectives discovered two shotgun shells at the cottage in Doochary and there were signs of a break-in.
Police had seen the former Sinn Fein official in nearby Glenties on Monday night, and a neighbour found his body yesterday after noticing the door was ajar.
Detectives were trying to retrace Donaldson's final hours today as the British and Irish governments were absorbing the political repercussions of his grisly death.The murder of the 56-year-old spy inside a remote Donegal cottage sparked off a major Garda manhunt as well as sparking damage limitation exercises in London and Dublin.
Apr 05, 2006
