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Widow of Edinburgh soldier killed in double IRA bomb attack speaks out over 'profound sadness'

The widow of a soldier killed in a double IRA bomb attack 50 years ago said she has lived with profound sadness ever since.

Trooper John Gibbons, 22, from the 17/21st Lancers Regiment, died in the attack near Crossmaglen, Co Armagh, on May 5, 1973.

The attack also killed Sergeant Major William Vines, 36, based in Aldershot, and Corporal Terence Williams, 35, from Kent.

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