Inquiry sought into British army use of plastic bullets

Human rights campaigners in the North are seeking an independent investigation into the use of plastic bullets by the British army during the Troubles.

The call follows the revelation that British soldiers secretly used a far more lethal form of plastic bullet in the 1980s, when six people were killed by the weapons.

The Police Ombudsman has uncovered the information during a separate investigation into the death of a Catholic schoolboy in Derry 26 years ago as a result of injuries caused by a plastic bullet.

Relatives for Justice and the Pat Finucane Centre, backed by some of the six families whose loved ones were shot dead by the British army at the time, are calling for an independent barrister to be appointed to look into the revelation.