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shell out for Daily Star's newsletter. It's FREE! Sign up today for the biggest and brightest stories sent straight to your inboxSAS war hero Andy McNab has spoken out about his first-ever kill at the age of 19, claiming that soldiers were rewarded for taking down IRA terrorists during the Troubles.The 60-year-old veteran joined the Army at the age of 16 and had undergone basic military training when he was sent to Northern Ireland to fight the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA).At the age of just 19, he made his first kill.

In June 1979, his patrol stumbled across six IRA soldiers who were believed to be preparing for an ambush in Keady, South Armagh.A gunfight ensued in which Andy shot IRA member Peadar McElvenna.

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