A coroner in Northern Ireland ruled that a priest and nine lay Catholics who were shot dead by British troops almost 50 years ago were "entirely innocent" and their deaths were unjustified.
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Rita Bonner, sister of a victim John Laverty, arrives at an inquest in Belfast, Northern Ireland, May 11, 2021. A coroner ruled that Laverty and nine other Catholics shot dead by British troops almost 50 years ago were entirely innocent and their deaths were unjustified. (CNS photo/Clodagh Kilcoyne, Reuters)
DUBLIN (CNS) A coroner in Northern Ireland ruled that a priest and nine lay Catholics who were shot dead by British troops almost 50 years ago were “entirely innocent” and their deaths were unjustified.
What became known as the Ballymurphy Massacre in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1971 remains one of the most controversial incidents in the conflict in the region and, at the time, British authorities referred to those killed as terrorists.
May 11, 2021 catholic news service
Family members of victims of the 1971 Ballymurphy Massacre hold their pictures and a banner as they arrive at an inquest in Belfast, Northern Ireland, May 11, 2021. A coroner ruled that 10 Catholics shot dead by British troops almost 50 years ago were entirely innocent and their deaths were unjustified. (Credit: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters via CNS.)
A coroner in Northern Ireland ruled that a priest and nine lay Catholics who were shot dead by British troops almost 50 years ago were entirely innocent and their deaths were unjustified.
DUBLIN A coroner in Northern Ireland ruled that a priest and nine lay Catholics who were shot dead by British troops almost 50 years ago were “entirely innocent” and their deaths were unjustified.
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