Poppies not best way to mark Enniskillen victims

How appropriate can it be that poppies are placed in remembrance of the Enniskillen massacre in the context of the Great Wars?

Poppies not best way to mark Enniskillen victims

Those who were robbed of their lives in Enniskillen and the 60 who were maimed and injured were not victims of a war in which they participated, but victims of terrorism and were victimised.

They did not die on some foreign battle field, but died in an urban setting going about their daily lives. The military presence and salute was symbolic of comrades that had fallen in arms. Most of the victims were unarmed civilian pensioners, with just one unarmed reserve police officer.

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