Noel Lyttle

Noel Lyttle 45 years, west Belfast, shot dead in the home of Ronnie Bunting on 15 October 1980. Mr Bunting was shot dead in the same incident. Both men were members of the Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP). Mr Lyttle was also a leading member of the National H-Block Committee. A number of gunmen smashed their way into the Bunting home in the earlier hours of the morning using a sledgehammer. 

As well as shooting both men dead, Mr Bunting’s wife was also shot and seriously injured. Mrs Bunting said later she had no doubt the men were killed by members of the British army’s Special Air Service (SAS) regiment, as the killers were apparently well trained and knew what they were doing. 

Mr Lyttle had been released from the RUC’s Castlereagh Interrogation Centre several days previous to his killing.