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Army used 'disproportionate' force in 1971 NIreland killings: coroner AFP 2 days ago AFP © PAUL FAITH The 10 people were killed at the height of "The Troubles", a sectarian conflict over British rule in Northern Ireland which raged over three decades until 1998 British soldiers used "clearly disproportionate" force during violence in Northern Ireland that saw 10 civilians shot dead in 1971, a coroner ruled Tuesday, finding the victims all innocent of any crimes. The finding into the deaths in Ballymurphy, west Belfast, over three days in August 1971 were met with applause...

A Northern Ireland inquest found that British soldiers killed unarmed innocent civilians in a massacre in Belfast during three chaotic days in 1971, foreshadowing the horrors of Bloody Sunday six months later. Relatives of victims arrive for the inquest into the Ballymurphy shooting in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) (CN) — A Northern Irish high court judge on Tuesday declared that British soldiers fatally shot innocent civilians, among them a mother of eight and a Catholic priest, nearly 50 years ago in a West Belfast massacre that foreshadowed the infamous...

Northern Ireland veteran faces prosecution over Ballymurphy deaths Robert Mendick © Provided by The Telegraph Relatives of Frank Quinn celebrate after the coroner the Ballymurphy inquest found the victims to be 'entirely innocent' A former paratrooper faces prosecution over the Ballymurphy “massacre” after a coroner ruled yesterday that 10 “entirely innocent” victims were shot dead by the British Army in Belfast almost 50 years ago. A judge presiding over the inquest concluded that the soldier – who can be identified only as M3 – killed Edward Doherty, a builder...