Nick Spanos and Stephen Melrose were Australian tourists shot dead in Roermond, the Netherlands by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 27 May 1990, which stated it had mistaken them for off-duty British soldiers.[1] The attack was part of an IRA campaign in Continental Europe.
- ^ "IRA says it mistakenly killed two Australian tourists". Associated Press. 28 May 1990. Retrieved 4 March 2013.