South Armagh Widow traumatised after attack on murdered husbands memorial

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Tuesday, 9 August 2016 07:55

A grieving widow says her family has been left traumatised after a memorial to her murdered husband was destroyed in south Armagh.

A plaque dedicated to IRA victim William Clarke was smashed at the weekend outside Mullaghbawn.

Police say it was a sectarian hate crime and they estimate the damage will cost £1,000.

The memorial is at the location where digger driver Mr. Clarke was shot dead by the IRA in 1977 in a sectarian attack.

A previous memorial had also been vandalised.

Speaking exclusively to Q Radio News at her home in Newtownhamilton -

Betty Clarke told us she's devastated by the latest incident:

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