Three members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) who were suspected of planting a car bomb, have been shot and killed by members of the British Special Air Service (SAS) in Gibraltar.

Report shows aerial view of Gibraltar.

Spanish border guards and border checkpoint in Gibraltar.

The place where the car suspected of containing a bomb was parked.

Robot bomb detector.

Pool of blood on the ground.

Petrol station outside of which two of the victims were shot.

Amateur video showing covered body on the ground.

British Governor's office.

Cordoned-off area.

Amateur video showing official walking towards covered body.

Governor General's office and close up of Union Jack flag.

To camera Jim Dougal reporting from RTÉ's Belfast Studio on IRA operations.

Photographs of the three dead IRA members.

Scene in Crossmaglen, Armagh, where two IRA men were blown up by their own bomb the previous week.

Aftermath of the ambush and murder of several IRA men in Loughgall, Armagh, in 1987.

Aftermath of attack on British army base in West Germany in March 1987.

Repeat of amateur video coverage of Gibraltar killing.

The reporters are Éamonn Lawlor and Jim Dougal.

This report contains footage from Independent Television News coverage of the Gilbraltar shootings.

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