The news of her arrest in these circumstances sparked off a riot in Derry which had appalling collateral casualties. The riot took the usual form of stones and petrol bombs being hurled at troops, who replied with CS gas. But in a house in the Creggan, what was in effect the local Provisional unit attempted to provide the Catholic side with something more lethal, a home-made bomb. It went off prematurely, killing three men, Joseph Coyle, Thomas Carlin and Thomas McCool – and two of McCool’s daughters.
