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April 20, 1990, Friday, Home Edition

Part A; Page 25; Column 4; Foreign Desk

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TROOPS KILL ULSTER MAN NEAR POLICEMAN'S HOME

By Reuters

BELFAST, Northern Ireland

A masked man was shot to death Wednesday night near the home of a Northern Ireland policeman when the British army apparently foiled an attempt to kill the officer.

A police spokesman Thursday declined to give details on the incident or the dead man but said the shooting occurred when an army patrol encountered masked and armed men.

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ENGLAND -- ARMED FORCES; NORTHERN IRELAND -- REVOLTS; TERRORISM -- NORTHERN IRELAND; ENGLAND -- FOREIGN RELATIONS -- NORTHERN IRELAND