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the Michael, the fact I thought at the time it nad only grazed me, but as it turned out the bullet did lodge The next bullet hit me in the back again. That was the one that came out through my stomach. It did the harm.
At that, I decided to pla dead. I let a big ah out and collapsed in the corner.
Whether he had no left or whether thought I was a goner I don't know, but he left.
Bernadette At this time nobody had gone near Bernadette, then thev went tor her. one or two of them I'm not sure. The next thing i heard was more shooting. I now know she was standing up when they shot her again at close range, about two or three feet away.
She had put the under the bed, or was putting him under the bed, when they shot her. hev tired seven eight shots, something ON 16 January this year the socialist world was stunned with the news that, early that morning, Bernadette McAliskey (Devlin) and her husband Michael had been victims of an assassination atFor a few days Bernadette hovered on the brink of death. Then, after her condition stabilised, questions started to be asked.
Was the British army watching the McAliskey home when the shooting took place? What was the truth about their 'rescue' by the army? Why had the Royal Ulster Constabulary refused Berndadette and Michael a firearms licence? What were the exact circumstances of the shooting?
Now, for the first time anywhere, Socialist Challenge is able to provide the answers. Early last week we received a message that Michael McAliskey wanted to tell his story in the pages of Socialist Challenge. GEOFF BELL flew to Ireland and met Michael somewhere in County Tyrone.
Michael is now out of hospital and, from some numbness in the right arm, is completely recovered. Bernadette, too, is well on the mend and hopefully will be out of the hospital As Michael's dramatic story makes clear, the McAliskeys have enjoyed a remarkable escape. No one is better able to tell of that escape than only eyewitness everything that morning. Here then is his story.
Then the firing and all went completely quiet.
They went out the way came through the front door.
They left content: they were concerned we wer dead. most lying on the kitchen floor. caught hold of the handle of the back door with my good He arm, the one that hadn't been shot. I pulled myself up and he looked through the window of the door were driving and then I saw their car parked right behind mine. boys who had come into the but house. They each other. I couldn't make out exactly what they saying.
right boys' The third fellow came across toucer mie ouserwo menad child been cutting wires outside the dropped down to the again. I had just landed when like I heard the English voice.