IRA killers behind deaths of 500 UK soldiers escaped justice despite veterans facing ‘witch hunt’
Hundreds of terrorist murders during Troubles went unpunished, Telegraph analysis shows, but it is ex-soldiers facing threat of prosecution
14 May 2021 • 9:00pm
Police and firemen at the still smouldering bandstand in Regent s Park, London, following the 1982 bombing that killed seven servicemen. The bomb exploded where the band of the Royal Green jackets was playing
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The terrorists behind the killings of more than 500 British soldiers during the Troubles have escaped justice, an analysis of historic murders shows, fueling anger over the continued pursuit of veterans through the courts.