But the request had been rejected, to nobody’s surprise, by the RUC. Adams had taken to predicting his own death, saying, “I think there is a ninety percent chance I may be assassinated.” Not long after the car left the court, it slowed in traffic on Howard Street, and a brown vehicle appeared, pulling alongside it. Two gunmen fired a dozen shots at Adams and his associates. Adams was hit three times, in the neck, shoulder, and arm, but not killed. (Three others in the car were also wounded, but none of them died.) “Christ said that those that take the sword shall perish by the sword,” the
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