Disputed Facts and Events
Many of the "disputed" facts in this section were very quickly resolved. Some were later demonstrated as being patently false and errors originating from various "eyewitnesses" and journalists, with the media drawing connections between the incident and similar incidents investigated by the Devlin committee.
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