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Abbie Llewelyn

Keir Starmer apologises to families of five people killed by soldiers in 1972

Natasha Butler (centre) with relatives of those killed during the Springhill Westrock killings (Liam McBurney/PA) - (PA Wire)

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has apologised on behalf of the UK Government to the families of five people who were shot dead in west Belfast in 1972.

In April, a coroner concluded that British Army soldiers “did not use reasonable force” in the shooting of a Catholic priest, a father-of-six and three teenagers at Springhill/Westrock on July 9 1972.

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