obviously I hadn't read the post carefully enough.

okay I've read it all again.

And yes it is a bit confusing. Not being argumentative, not being obstructive. i don't know any of these people. I find the point you are making difficult to understand.

who was the man who was stabbed? who stabbed him? why? what had he to do with the murder of the other chap?

Are you forwarding the theory that both incidents were a sort of clean up streets campaign by the IRA.

Perhaps I have totally misunderstood. quite genuinely I am guessing. I will shut up and let you explain fully - the floor is yours:-