The Irish Republican Army (IRA) has claimed responsibility for the shooting of a British Army sergeant at Finchley in north London yesterday. Sergeant Bernard Cox was critically injured, but is said to be improving in hospital.

Report shows the scene of shooting.

Interview with British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, who says that it is just one more barbaric act carried out in a cowardly way.

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