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===Aftermath===

The bodies of the Gibraltar Three were repatriated to Northern Ireland, where they were buried at Milltown Cemetery in Belfast on 16 March. Ulster Defence Association member [[Michael Stone (Ulster loyalist)|Michael Stone]] attacked the funeral with guns and hand grenades, killing three mourners and injuring 50. The funeral of one of the mourners, held on 19 March, was itself host to a violent incident when British Army corporals Derek Wood and David Howes accidentally drove into the funeral and were [[lynched]] by mourners in an event known as the [[corporals killings]].

The bodies of the Gibraltar Three were repatriated to Northern Ireland, where they were buried at Milltown Cemetery in Belfast on 16 March. Ulster Defence Association member [[Michael Stone (Ulster loyalist)|Michael Stone]] attacked the funeral with guns and hand grenades, killing three mourners and injuring 50. The funeral of one of the mourners, held on 19 March, was itself host to a violent incident when British Army corporals Derek Wood and David Howes accidentally drove into the funeral and were [[Lynching|lynched]] by mourners in an event known as the [[corporals killings]].

Although an inquest ruled that Savage, McCann and Farrell had been lawfully killed, controversy over the killings persisted. The documentary ''Death on the Rock'', which aired two months after the shootings, featured interviews with several eyewitnesses who contradicted aspects of the official version of events. It was claimed that the three had been shot without warning and after they were already on the ground, and that it should have been immediately obvious that Savage's car did not contain a bomb. The documentary alleged that the actual goal of Operation Flavius had been to kill Savage, McCann and Farrell. In 1990, after the inquest ruled that the Gibraltar Three were killed lawfully, the families of those killed brought a case to the European Court of Human Rights accusing the British and Gibraltarian governments of violating Savage, McCann and Farrell's right to life. The ECtHR ultimately ruled that, while the shootings themselves were lawful, control of the operation had violated the right to life because planning rendered the use of lethal force almost inevitable. The British government did not have to pay compensation, but was ordered to pay the families legal costs.

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 ===Aftermath===
-The bodies of the Gibraltar Three were repatriated to Northern Ireland, where they were buried at Milltown Cemetery in Belfast on 16 March. Ulster Defence Association member [[Michael Stone (Ulster loyalist)|Michael Stone]] attacked the funeral with guns and hand grenades, killing three mourners and injuring 50. The funeral of one of the mourners, held on 19 March, was itself host to a violent incident when British Army corporals Derek Wood and David Howes accidentally drove into the funeral and were [[lynched]] by mourners in an event known as the [[corporals killings]].
+The bodies of the Gibraltar Three were repatriated to Northern Ireland, where they were buried at Milltown Cemetery in Belfast on 16 March. Ulster Defence Association member [[Michael Stone (Ulster loyalist)|Michael Stone]] attacked the funeral with guns and hand grenades, killing three mourners and injuring 50. The funeral of one of the mourners, held on 19 March, was itself host to a violent incident when British Army corporals Derek Wood and David Howes accidentally drove into the funeral and were [[Lynching|lynched]] by mourners in an event known as the [[corporals killings]].
 Although an inquest ruled that Savage, McCann and Farrell had been lawfully killed, controversy over the killings persisted. The documentary ''Death on the Rock'', which aired two months after the shootings, featured interviews with several eyewitnesses who contradicted aspects of the official version of events. It was claimed that the three had been shot without warning and after they were already on the ground, and that it should have been immediately obvious that Savage's car did not contain a bomb. The documentary alleged that the actual goal of Operation Flavius had been to kill Savage, McCann and Farrell. In 1990, after the inquest ruled that the Gibraltar Three were killed lawfully, the families of those killed brought a case to the European Court of Human Rights accusing the British and Gibraltarian governments of violating Savage, McCann and Farrell's right to life. The ECtHR ultimately ruled that, while the shootings themselves were lawful, control of the operation had violated the right to life because planning rendered the use of lethal force almost inevitable. The British government did not have to pay compensation, but was ordered to pay the families legal costs.