55 suicides within RUC in 26 years

SOME 47 RUC officers have used their police guns to kill themselves since 1970.

SOME 47 RUC officers have used their police guns to kill themselves since 1970.

The Northern Ireland Security Minister, Sir John Wheeler, said in a parliamentary written reply yesterday that 39 regular RUC officers and 16 full-time reservists committed suicide between 1970 and 1996.

He added: "A personal protection firearm was used as a means of committing suicide in 47 cases."

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