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why did sniper kill old women??​

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Why does the sniper kill the old woman? What happens after he fires his weapon?

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The Republican sniper stationed on a rooftop near the O’Connell Bridge witnesses an old woman wearing a tattered shawl approach and speak to a Free Stater soldier manning a turret attached to a vehicle. He then sees the old woman point towards his position on the rooftop and realizes that she is an informant. The old woman has just given away his position to the Free Stater soldier and he is now in danger of being shot. The Republican sniper reacts by shooting and killing both the man in the turret and old woman running across the street. Despite successfully killing the enemy informant and soldier in the turret, the Republican sniper attracts the attention of an enemy sniper stationed on the opposite rooftop. Immediately after shooting the soldier and old woman, the Republican sniper is shot in the forearm and is forced to improvise in order to survive and kill the Free Stater sniper.

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The Republican sniper stationed on a rooftop near the O’Connell Bridge witnesses an old woman wearing a tattered shawl approach and speak to a Free Stater soldier manning a turret attached to a vehicle. He then sees the old woman point towards his position on the rooftop and realizes that she is an informant. The old woman has just given away his position to the Free Stater soldier and he is now in danger of being shot. The Republican sniper reacts by shooting and killing both the man in the turret and old woman running across the street. Despite successfully killing the enemy informant and soldier in the turret, the Republican sniper attracts the attention of an enemy sniper stationed on the opposite rooftop. Immediately after shooting the soldier and old woman, the Republican sniper is shot in the forearm and is forced to improvise in order to survive and kill the Free Stater sniper.