asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many murders there have been in each police division in Northern Ireland in each of the last 18 months; and of these, in each case, how many were attributed to the Irish Republican Army, the Irish National Liberation Army, the Ulster Volunteer Force, the Ulster Freedom Fighters and the Ulster Defence Association, and how many to other terrorist organisations; and how many were regarded as not being connected to terrorism.
133 deaths occurring between 1 August 1980 and 31 January 1982 are regarded by the police as cases of murder.Details are as follows:
Police Division
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A
| B
| C | D
| E
| F
| G | H
| J
| K
| L
| M
| N
| O
| P
| R
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1980
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| August | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | I | — |
| September | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| October | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| November | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| December | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
1981
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| January | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| February | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| March | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| April | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| May | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| June | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| July | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| August | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 |
| September | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 |
| October | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| November | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| December | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
1982
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| January | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
It is believed that 92 of these murders were carried out by Republican terrorists, 18 by Loyalist terrorists and that 23 were unconnected with terrorism. It is not possible to give a more detailed breakdown by reference to individual organisations.