PSNI chief constable urged to apologise over 1969 killings

PSNI chief constable urged to apologise over 1969 killings
PSNI Chief Constable Simon Byrne (Liam McBurney/PA)

Northern Ireland’s chief constable has been urged to issue a public apology over the deaths of a boy and three men in Belfast in 1969.

Nine-year-old Patrick Rooney, Hugh McCabe, 20, Samuel McLarnon, 27, and Michael Lynch, 28 were fatally wounded by police gunfire during disturbances in the Divis and Ardoyne areas across August 14-15 1969.

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