She tweeted: The victims and the families of the Ballymurphy Massacre have been vindicated and the truth laid bare. This was British state murder.
Ten people, a mother of eight and a Catholic priest among them, were shot between 9 and 11 August 1971 as internment was introduced in Northern Ireland – a practice where paramilitary suspects were held indefinitely without trial.
Army veterans said they came under sustained attack as trouble flared on 9 August when troops moved into national areas to arrest IRA suspects.
The families of the deceased said their relatives were unarmed civilians who were shot by the army without justification.
John Teggart queried why Boris Johnson did not make a public apology.
A Downing Street spokesman said that in a conversation with First Minister Arlene Foster and deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill, Mr Johnson “apologised unreservedly on behalf of the UK Government”.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Jessica Taylor/PA)
However the apology was not referenced in either DUP or Sinn Fein statements following the virtual meeting which focused on coronavirus.
In a statement a Sinn Fein spokesperson said Ms O’Neill challenged Mr Johnson to apologise to the Ballymurphy families.
They said she was told that Secretary of State Brandon Lewis was intending to make a statement around Ballymurphy at Westminster on Thursday.
They contend the deaths in the Ballymurphy area were never thoroughly investigated.
One woman and nine men were killed in five separate incidents between August 9 and 11 involving the Army at a time of high tension following the controversial introduction of internment without trial.
(top row, from left) Joseph Corr, Danny Teggart, Eddie Doherty, Father Hugh Mullan, Frank Quinn, Paddy McCarthy, (bottom row, from left) Joan Connolly, John McKerr, Noel Philips, John Laverty and Joseph Murphy died in shootings in Ballymurphy in 1971 (PA)
Soldiers were greeted by disorder and violence as they moved into republican strongholds to arrest IRA suspects from the early hours of August 9 when the policy came into effect.
By Press Association 2021
An area of Ballymurphy where parish priest Father Hugh Mullan and teenager Frank Quinn were fatally wounded (Ballymurphy families/PA)
A mother of eight and a Catholic priest were among ten people fatally wounded in disputed shootings involving the army in the Ballymurphy area of west Belfast between August 9-11 1971.
The scenes came at a chaotic time across Northern Ireland following the controversial decision to implement internment without trial in response to the start of the Troubles.
Findings following fresh inquests into the 10 deaths will be delivered by Coroner Mrs Justice Siobhan Keegan on Tuesday.
A mural on a wall in the Ballymurphy area of west Belfast where shooting of 10 civilians took place in 1971 (Liam McBurney/PA)
Findings will be published later following fresh inquests into the fatal shooting of 10 people in disputed circumstances involving the Army in west Belfast 50 years ago.
A mother of eight and a Catholic priest were among those who died in August 1971 in events which have become known locally as the Ballymurphy Massacre.
It came during a turbulent period following the controversial introduction of internment without trial in Northern Ireland at the start of the Troubles.
Violence erupted on August 9 when soldiers moved into republican strongholds to arrest IRA suspects.
Original inquests into the Ballymurphy deaths in 1972 returned open verdicts and the bereaved families subsequently pursued a long campaign for fresh probes to be held.