"Looking at the body lying on the raised table in the mortuary, Norris McWhirter saw his own face staring back at him. Fifty years ago this month, on November 27, 1975, Norris's identical twin, Ross, was assassinated by the Provisional IRA at the front door of his home in Enfield, London. Norris, with a police officer, was asked to identify his brother's corpse."
"Right-wing pair opposed trade unions, gay rights, and apartheid-era sporting sanctions Looking at the body lying on the raised table in the mortuary, Norris McWhirter saw his own face staring back at him. Fifty years ago this month, on November 27, 1975, Norris's identical twin, Ross, was assassinated by the Provisional IRA at the front door of his home in Enfield, London. Norris, with a police officer, was asked to identify his brother's corpse."
Two right-wing brothers opposed trade unions, gay rights, and apartheid-era sporting sanctions. Norris McWhirter confronted the aftermath of political violence when he looked at a body on a raised mortuary table and recognized his own face. Ross McWhirter, Norris's identical twin, was assassinated by the Provisional IRA at the front door of his Enfield home on November 27, 1975. Police accompanied Norris to the mortuary, and he was asked to identify his brother's corpse. The killing occurred fifty years prior to the stated date.
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