What year was Newton murdered?
1990
1985
1995
1989
Answer
Newton was murdered in 1989 by the IRA, who were opposed to his support for the British government. Newton was a Protestant who had been elected to represent the Ulster Unionist Party in the Northern Ireland Assembly. The IRA had been waging a campaign of violence against the British government and its supporters in Northern Ireland since the late 1960s.
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