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Feb 10 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
SEFF remembers Joseph Fitzpatrick, 19, RC road sweeper from Cooke St, in the lower Ormeau area, murdered by the UVF, shot while he worked not far from his home on 10/2/75. A witness said he had been working with Joseph in Cooke Pl & heard the sound of steel-tipped shoes from 2 .. Image
..men who were running toward them.
He said: "I told Joe to run & I ran up a nearby entry. I heard about 4 shots or so. When I came back down the entry Joe was still standing but he had been shot".
Joseph was the 4th RC to be killed in the city in just a few days & was well ...
..known in the district. One of Joseph's neighbours said: "this is a real tragedy. Joe was the most inoffensive soul in the entire district. He just lived for that community association & his life revolved around the community centre in Balfour Av. He never went outside the ...
..district at all".

SEFF's thoughts and prayers are with all innocents impacted by Joseph's sectarian murder.

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