A PLAQUE unveiling has taken place on Divis Street at the spot where a student teacher was gunned down by the British Army over 50 years ago and another trainee teacher was seriously injured. During a poignant and emotional ceremony, family and friends of Patrick Magee (22), who was shot dead by the Royal Anglian Regiment in 17 April 1972, were joined by Frank McGuinness who survived the attack, along with his family. Patrick died at the scene while Frank was critically wounded. Following the shooting the ambulances that the men were being carried in were hijacked by the Parachute Regiment – who had arrived on the bloody scene – and driven onto the Shankill. An angry crowd mobbed the ambulance carrying the seriously wounded Frank and tried to overturn it. When the ambulance carrying Patrick’s body arrived the mob opened its doors and dragged his remains into the street. The harrowing images were broadcast on the evening news that night.
