Today’s article June 20th 1922
REPUBLICAN SNIPER SHOOTS BROTHER
The conflict between the republicans and the rebels continue as Ireland try’s its best to gain independence. Last Thursday night a republican sniper was alleged for accidently shooting his brother in downtown Dublin by the O’Connell Bridge. The republican sniper now faces deep depression as he realizes that the other undercover sniper that was trying to shoot him was his brother.
The war for Ireland’s independence killed many innocent civilians and soldiers. But this tragic incident struck mostly everyone in the western world. The 26 year old republican sniper enlisted to fight for the Republican Party three months ago. He stated that he had no idea his younger brother was part of this bloody civil war. The night where he shot his brother was a “terrible night” he also stated. He was hungry with no food and nothing else to eat and he was laying on top of a building by the O’Connell Bridge until he noticed an undercover sniper that started shooting him. Though, he had no idea who started shooting him, started to shoot him back. The republican sniper also got wounded by this sniper dual when a tank arrived and noticed the republican sniper and started to shoot him with a turret. Though, the sniper became lucky when he got a direct shot at the man controlling the turret in the tank. He quoted that “I was the luckiest man alive at that point”. He then focused on shooting the undercover sniper to get the sniping dual over with. So with a quick plan the sniper becomes successful in shooting the other undercover sniper alleged to be about 45 metres away in the other end of the street.
Though, the deadly civil war still happening in Ireland, the Irish police convicted the republican sniper to jail. The younger brother on the other hand was sent to his home town 453 kilometres away east of Dublin for his funeral. After a short interview with the republican sniper he explained to the Irish police that he had no idea that he shot his own brother since it was so dark.
The older brother is now faced with harsh consequences in the jail for 10 years, even though he tried to explain what really happened in the sniping dual. Both names were also covered from the media due to identity reasons.
Both brothers grew up together until the age of 18 when they attended to college. The two brothers weren’t as close when growing up either. With their parents dead during the civil war, both brothers were informed about their parent’s death but decided to not attend the funeral because of the heavy fighting in the area where the funeral was taking place. After the Great War the world is still going through heavy conflict and many western countries such as the United States and Canada are both hoping for this deadly war to end as soon as possible.
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