article_snippet.sent: Yesterday however, Mr Heenan said Mr Heenan was confused as to why Mr Heenan was being named because Mr Heenan was not even serving in Northern Ireland at the time.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Heenan, 47, was killed when paramilitaries threw a grenade at a minibus carrying Mr Heenan and 14 others to a Belfast building site.
article_snippet.sent: But Mr Heenan told the Daily Mail Mr Heenan had no connection to the case.
article_snippet.sent: I wasn’t even there in 1973,’ Mr Heenan said.
article_snippet.sent: I know nothing about what happened to Mr Heenan. '
article_snippet.sent: I have absolutely no knowledge of Mr Heenan and I had gone from Northern Ireland at the time of Mr Heenan death.
article_snippet.sent: Baffled: Sir Frank (pictured), who is now 88, said Mr Heenan was confused as to why Mr Heenan was being named because Mr Heenan was not even serving in Northern Ireland at the time of the murder in 1973 .
article_snippet.sent: Mr Heenan also denied the claim that Mr Heenan was in charge of military operations in Northern Ireland during the early 1970s:
article_snippet.sent: but Mr Heenan later claimed to have links to British intelligence.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Heenan was a member of the outlawed Ulster Defence Association and known to be a leading member of the so-called ‘Romper Room’ gang.
article_snippet.sent: Although no inquest was held into Mr Heenan death, no inquest has been claimed Mr Heenan could have survived had first aid been given quickly.
highlights_snippet.sent: But Mr Heenan claims Mr Heenan was not even serving in Northern Ireland at time .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Mr Heenan died when paramilitaries threw grenade at bus carrying Mr Heenan .