The <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_IRA" id="mw_Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Provisional IRA">Provisional IRA</a> assassinates <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_McWhirter" id="mw_g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ross McWhirter">Ross McWhirter</a>, after a <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_conference" id="mw_w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="News conference">press conference</a> in which McWhirter had announced a reward for the capture of those responsible for multiple bombings and shootings across <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" id="mwAQA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="England">England</a>.