THE Official Republican Movement has erected a mural on the 'International Wall' in west Belfast in memory of the 1970 Falls Curfew, in which four people were killed by the British army.
The painting was unveiled on the 47th anniversary of the siege of the lower Falls area, during which 337 people were arrested and almost 80 people wounded and CS gas was used for the first time in Northern Ireland.
Among the dead was Polish national Zbigniew Uglik, who had been living in London but travelled to Belfast to try to forge a career as a press photographer.
It is thought 18 soldiers were also injured in gun battles, with the curfew said to be a turning point in the Troubles between the nationalist population and British army who had been initially welcomed into the area.
