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Dec. 12, 1975 - Police Refuse Plea For For Food For Ira Gunmen Holding Couple Hostage In A London Flat:Four Ira Gunmen holding a married couple in one room of Mareyleborne council flat were refused food by police last night. The gang, who were barricaded in the sitting room on the ffirst floor, were also without running water or saw lavatory. The four gunmen included a man believed to be Michael Wilson, one of two wanted for the murder of a Rose McWhirter and involvement in the murder of a London Policeman in February.As the siege entered its second night last night, scores of police, including marksmen, surrounding the floodlit block of waiting for any movement. Photo Shows Police marksmen giving protective cover for a colleague outside the Siege flat yesterday. Whenever anyone made any movement in the street, police took aim at the first fl;or balcony of the living room where the gunmen were holding their hostages
