Daniel "Danny" McKann ( born November 30, 1957 , Belfast - March 6, 1988 , Gibraltar ) is an Irish nationalist, member of the Irish Republican Army (its “temporary" wing), who was killed by British SAS soldiers in Gibraltar in Operation Flavius .
| Daniel Mackenn | |
|---|---|
| English Daniel McCann | |
| Nickname | Danny |
| Date of Birth | November 30, 1957 |
| Place of Birth | Belfast , Northern Ireland , UK |
| Date of death | March 6, 1988 (aged 30) |
| Place of death | Gibraltar |
| Affiliation |  Ireland ( Temporary IRA ) |
| Type of army | guerrilla troops |
| Years of service | 1974-1988 |
| Battles / wars | Operation Flavius |
Biography
Born in a family of Irish Republicans in the Clonard Quarter in West Belfast, he studied at the St. Gall School and St. Mary's School on Glen Road in Belfast. I did not receive secondary education because I was arrested on charges of involvement in the riots. Sentenced to six months in prison for aggressive behavior, in the same year joined the ranks of the IRA [1] . For illegal possession of explosives later sentenced to two years. According to the Royal Ulster Police , in 1987, together with Sean Savage Mackenn, successfully organized an assassination attempt on two police officers at the Belfast docks [2] [3] .
In 1988, all three were sent to Gibraltar with Mired Farrell to organize a terrorist attack there: according to the plan, they were supposed to detonate a bomb in the city at the time of the passage of the British military band, which held a weekly parade during the changing of the guard in front of the governor's palace. Unfortunately for the militants, the British secret services learned about this; worst of all, the security services decided that the bomb had already been planted. All three militants were stopped near Shell gas station on Winston Churchill Avenue, which led to the airport of Gibraltar and the Spanish border. According to SAS, McKenna was shot dead on the spot as soon as he tried to escape with a suspicious-looking bag: the commandos decided that he was going to blow up the car. When Farrell repeated such actions, she was shot on the spot in the same way. Savage tried to put his hand in his pocket and pull something out, but he was shot point blank.
Five shots were fired at McKenna, eight at Farrell, and 16 to 18 at Savage, according to various estimates. Materials for the bomb - including 64 kilograms of semtex - were found in a car 36 miles from the border in Spain. The car was identified by the keys found in Farrell's bag. But during the search, as a result, neither cold steel, nor firearms, nor detonators, nor any bombs and grenades were found - not a single item that is classified as a weapon [4] . The car, on which all three arrived, was discovered two days later [5] .
Memory
- The funeral of all three victims was planned for March 16, 1988 , but they turned into another bloody massacre: the loyalist Michael Stone organized a terrorist attack at Milltown Cemetery , killing three IRA rebels. The police, having arrested him, actually saved the loyalist from reprisal from the Irish.
- A documentary film " Death on a Rock " was shot about the attack.
See also
- Farrell, Mired
- Savage, Sean
- Death on the rock
Notes
- ↑ Tírghrá , National Commemoration Center, 2002. PB) ISBN 0-9542946-0-2 p. 301
- ↑ Blood & Rage - A Cultural History of Terrorism, Michael Burleigh, 2008, P332, ISBN 978-0-00-724127-9
- ↑ Gibraltar: The truth
- ↑ Para 93 and 96 of the ECHR Ruling
- ↑ 1988: IRA gang shot dead in Gibraltar
Literature
- Gerry Adams , Hope and History: Making Peace in Ireland , Brandon Books, 2003. ISBN 0-86322-330-3