Son recalls impact of rocket attack which killed RUC officer 50 years ago

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The son of a policeman killed in an IRA rocket attack in Fermanagh 50 years ago has spoken of the devastating impact it had on the family..His youngest son Bertie Keys remembered the day his father died, saying: "Dad was in Belleek RUC station on duty, and my mum Lily was busy at home organising the family and farm at Bannaghmore."Dad had just finished his night duty and was going up the stairs at 9.25am. He met a young soldier, Sergeant Bob Causer, from the Queen's Royal Lancers.

"The impact on the family was devastating, I will never forget the pain on mum's face when I returned from school. "She never understood why or how these criminal gangs could decide when another innocent human being was to be murdered." He said: "Robert Keys was a hardworking and devoted family man and servant of the community and was viewed as an excellent policeman."His murder brought a sense of shock and revulsion across the community and consigned his wife to raise their six children alone.

 

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