Article 60A11 Ballymurphy massacre: MoD to pay damages to bereaved relatives

Ballymurphy massacre: MoD to pay damages to bereaved relatives

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Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent
from World news | The Guardian on (#60A11)

Families reach significant' settlement over British army killings of nine people in Belfast in 1971

The relatives of nine people killed by the British army in the Ballymurphy neighbourhood of Belfast in 1971 are to receive significant damages.

Disclosure of the settlement at the Belfast high court on Monday follows a 51-year quest for truth and justice by families who lost loved ones during a blood-soaked army operation at the height of Northern Ireland's Troubles.

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