Daughter of murdered irish soldier wants justice for her father 

The daughter of one of two Irish soldiers who was tortured and killed while on UN peacekeeping duty says she hopes their alleged murderer will soon stand trial.

Daughter of murdered irish soldier wants justice for her father 

The US authorities have arrested the chief suspect in their killings, Mahmoud Bazzi, for entering America on a false passport 21 years ago.

The 71-year-old, who was an ice-cream seller in Michigan, is suspected of murdering Private Thomas Barrett, 29, from Macroom, Co Cork, and Private Derek Smallhorne, 31, from Bluebell, Dublin, in southern Lebanon in 1980.

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