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.

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.

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