1989 Jonesborough ambush

On a Monday afternoon in March 1989, two senior police officers returned from a quiet cross-border meeting when six gunmen opened fire on a red car near Jonesborough. Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and Superintendent Bob Buchanan died within moments, Breen after waving a white cloth and stepping from the vehicle. The cruelty of that final act still outrages, while the absence of any conviction leaves the event suspended in anger and doubt.