Former Irish minister seen planting car bomb in unearthed footage
McGuinness served as Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2007 to January 2017, before dying aged 66.
Shocking footage has emerged of Irish minister Martin McGuinness planting a car bomb in Derry during the height of the Troubles.
A recently released film on the BBC called the Secret Army showed McGuinness, then a young IRA commander, planting the car bomb in 1972.
The explosive device later injured 26 people after it detonated on a busy street in Derry, Northern Ireland.
The forgotten footage was recently re-released, unmasking some of the most famous IRA leaders of the time, who openly discussed their campaigns.
McGuinness was just 21 at the time of the film, and would later be photographed shaking the late Queen Elizabeth II’s hand when he was the Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland.
McGuinness was filmed with three other IRA members loading a massive car bomb with an alarm clock timer into the back of a car.
The car was then driven to Shipquay Street, in the centre of Derry, before it exploded.
Another clip in the film showed McGuinness handling a bullet and gun as children watched on in awe.
The documentary was filmed by a team led by American academic Bowyer Bell, and the crew were reportedly told they would be killed if the IRA did not have complete control over the film.
McGuinness served as Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2007 to January 2017, before dying aged 66.
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