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Cate McCurry

O’Neill: Ruling on shooting of IRA men confirmed what families ‘already knew’

A court ruling that SAS soldiers were not justified in killing four IRA members in a 1992 ambush in Co Tyrone confirmed what their families and the local community already knew, Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill said.

Ms O’Neill welcomed the judgment of coroner Mr Justice Michael Humphreys, who found that the soldiers did not have an honest belief in the necessity of using lethal force.

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