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The words of Carmel Quinn, who has waited almost half a century for this day. Carmel's 20-year-old brother John Laverty, one of a family of 12 children, was one of them. Carmel Quinn On 10 August, he carried his eight-year-old sister to their local community centre to catch a bus evacuating women and children to Kildare army base, telling her he would see her again in a few days' time. She never spoke to him again. The day after she was taken to safety, John died after being shot in the back. There was chaos and mayhem in many nationalist areas of Northern Ireland at the time following the in...

'); 'My father was shot in the back and murdered': Jubilant scenes as Ballymurphy families celebrate inquest verdict Ten people, including a mother of eight and a Catholic priest, were killed in disputed shootings involving the Army in west Belfast in August 1971. By Press Association Tuesday 11 May 2021, 5:43 PM Tue 7:37 AM 18,549 Views 16 Comments Updated Tue 5:43 PM RELATIVES OF 10 people killed in west Belfast in disputed shootings invol...

BBC News Published image copyrightPACEMAKER . The victims were killed in the wake of an Army operation in which paramilitary suspects were detained without trial. A coroner ruled nine of the victims were shot by the Army. It is not clear who shot the tenth. Their families have described their relief at their loved ones being cleared of any wrongdoing. Patsy Mullan, brother of Fr Hugh Mullan image copyrightPA Media Patsy Mullan's brother Fr Hugh Mullan was shot on the night of 9 August 1971. The 38-year-old priest, who was from Portaferry in County Down, served a year in the Merchant Navy befo...