PSNI team set to hold new inquiry into Kingsmill massacre

The PSNI's Historical Inquiries Team is expected to reopen the investigation into the murder of 10 Protestants in the Kingsmill massacre 31 years ago.

The victims were shot dead in January 1976 when republicans stopped the van bringing them home from work in south Armagh.

A group calling itself the Republican Action Force claimed responsibility.

However, the killings are widely believed to have been carried out by the IRA in revenge for the murder of three members of the Reavy family in Whitecross the previous day.

The Historical Inquiries Team set up to investigate unsolved murders during the Troubles is expected to begin a new investigation into the case within the coming weeks.