Army unit ‘killed unarmed civilians’ during Troubles

The North’s DPP has asked the police to investigate claims a British army unit killed unarmed civilians in the IRA heartland of west Belfast during the Troubles.

Barra McGrory requested PSNI Chief Constable Matt Baggott to probe the allegations made in a BBC Panorama documentary.

The programme, which aired Thursday night, carried interviews with apparent members of the short-lived Military Reaction Force, who claimed drive-by shootings were carried out on nationalists manning barricades to keep out loyalists 40 years ago, even though there was no independent evidence any were paramilitaries.