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.

Army unit ‘killed unarmed civilians’ during 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.

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