North crisis as SF spy killed in hideout

THE mutilated body of a former top-ranking Sinn Féin official exposed as a British spy was found at his Donegal hideout last night following an execution-style murder.

North crisis as SF spy killed in hideout

The killing of Denis Donaldson provoked widespread revulsion and threatened to derail tomorrow's attempt by Dublin and London to revive power-sharing in the North.

Mr Donaldson confessed in December to being a Special Branch agent for more than 20 years while working at the heart of Sinn Féin's strategic operations.

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