Complex sentence: Bassist Stephen Travers survived, but was gravely wounded by a dum dum bullet, and saxophone player Des McAlea had received only slight injuries therefore he was able to alert the RUC in Newry about the attack.
Split into simpler sentences: Bassist Stephen Travers survived, but was gravely wounded by a dum dum bullet. Saxophone player Des McAlea had received only slight injuries and was able to alert the RUC in Newry about the attack.