1980s/Murders

1980s/Murders (Murder)

This list is of people who were murdered, but might not have been specifically targeted. For assassination victims, see 1980s/Assassinations.

Murder victims of the 1980s.

 

Murdered in the 1980s

Wikispooks page	Born	Died	Summary	Description
Joseph Fenton	1953	26 February 1989		Belfast man killed by the Provisional IRA (IRA) for acting as an informer for the Royal Ulster Constabulary's (RUC) Special Branch
Evo Fernandes	1944	April 1988		Le Cercle attendee, Murdered in unclear circumstances.
Yvonne Fletcher	1959	17 April 1984	Policewoman	Yvonne Fletcher was shot dead while on duty during a protest outside the Libyan embassy on 17 April 1984, cue for the breakdown of diplomatic relations between the UK and Libya. In 2017 a decision was announced not to prosecute her murder on grounds of "national security".
Matthew Gannon	11 August 1954	21 December 1988	Spook	CIA officer killed in the Lockerbie Bombing
Cyrus Hashemi	1938	21 July 1986	Spook Arms Dealer Iran-Contra/Premature death	Spooky arms dealer, Iran-Contra/Premature death
Amiram Nir	8 December 1950	30 November 1988	Spook Journalist Deep state actor	Mossad Iran Contra figure who was murdered in 1988 and whose documents were subsequently mopped up by unidentified spooks.

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