Boris Johnson apologises ‘unreservedly’ for Ballymurphy deaths
by Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#5HR71)
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Boris Johnson has apologised for the British army operation that resulted in the death of 10 innocent civilians in the west Belfast neighbourhood of Ballymurphy in 1971.
The prime minister made the apology on Wednesday, a day after an inquest in Northern Ireland found the use of force had been unjustified, implicating the army in a Troubles atrocity to rival Bloody Sunday.
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