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Ballymurphy inquests: Use of lethal force by British Army in 1971 shootings 'not justified', coroner rules
The shooting of 10 people over three days in west Belfast in 1971 has become known as the Ballymurphy Massacre.
By Press Association
Tuesday 11 May 2021, 2:40 PM
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Updated Tue 2:40 PM
AN INQUEST INTO the shooting dead of 10 people in west Belfast almost 50 years has found that the people killed were “entirely innocent”.
The events over three days in August 1971 have become known as the Ballymurphy Massacre.
Coroner Mrs Justice Siobhan Keegan attributed nine of the ten shootings to the British Army and said the use of lethal force by soldiers was not justified.