RUC erred at Troubles' dawn by firing on flats from armoured cars | Northern Ireland

Last modified on Wed 5 May 2021 19.46 EDT
Police blundered at the dawn of Northern Ireland’s Troubles by using vehicle-mounted machine guns in residential areas and not effectively investigating the ensuing deaths, including that of the first child killed in the conflict, according to a new report.
The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) committed “significant operational and investigative failures” during the killing of four people in Belfast on 14 and 15 August 1969, the police ombudsman said in a report published on Thursday.
Patrick Rooney, nine, Hugh McCabe, 20, Samuel McLarnon, 27, and Michael Lynch, 28, died after officers opened fire during disturbances in the Divis and Ardoyne areas.

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