Sammy Ward
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Sammy Ward was the leader of the Irish People's Liberation Organisation's
Belfast
Brigade.
The IPLO was made up of ex-members of the Irish National Liberation Army
. Following its split from and feud with the INLA, the IPLO split into two factions, Ward running one.
He was killed by the Provisional IRA in the 1992 purge of the IPLO's Belfast Brigade and Army Council factions.
Irish People's Liberation Organisation
The Irish People's Liberation Organisation was a small Irish republican paramilitary organization which was formed in 1986 by disaffected and expelled members of the Irish National Liberation Army whose factions coalesced in the aftermath of the supergrass trials...
Belfast
Belfast
Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...
Brigade.
The IPLO was made up of ex-members of the Irish National Liberation Army
Irish National Liberation Army
The Irish National Liberation Army or INLA is an Irish republican socialist paramilitary group that was formed on 8 December 1974. Its goal is to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and create a socialist united Ireland....
. Following its split from and feud with the INLA, the IPLO split into two factions, Ward running one.
He was killed by the Provisional IRA in the 1992 purge of the IPLO's Belfast Brigade and Army Council factions.