New inquest into Troubles shooting in North Belfast

A new inquest has been ordered into the deaths of six men believed to have been killed by the Army in North Belfast during the Troubles. Photo: Niall Carson/PA

The Attorney General has ordered a new inquest into the deaths of six men believed to have been killed by the Army in North Belfast during the Troubles.

James McCann, James Sloan, Anthony Campbell, Ambrose Hardy, John Loughran and Brendan Maguire were killed in the New Lodge area in 1973.