IRA man shot by paratroopers 'responsible for murdering 15 soldiers', court told

IRA man shot by paratroopers 'responsible for murdering 15 soldiers', court told

Veterans and supporters of soldiers A and C outside Laganside Courts in Belfast. Picture: Mark Marlow/PA

An IRA leader shot dead by paratroopers in Belfast almost 50 years ago had allegedly been responsible for murdering 15 British soldiers, the trial of two veterans has heard.

On-the-run Official IRA commander Joe McCann, 24, was killed in the shooting in the Markets area of Belfast in April 1972.

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