Article 5HR71 Boris Johnson apologises ‘unreservedly’ for Ballymurphy deaths

Boris Johnson apologises ‘unreservedly’ for Ballymurphy deaths

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Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent
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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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