Ballymurphy families ‘distressed’ over loved ones’ retained human tissue samples

Briege Voyle, whose mother Joan Connolly was one of 10 civilians killed by soldiers in west Belfast in 1971 with her sisters Joan, Philomena and Irene (Rebecca Black/PA)

The families of civilians killed by soldiers in west Belfast in 1971 have expressed anger and distress that tissue samples from their loved ones were retained without their consent.

Ten people, including a mother of 10 and a priest, were killed in the Ballymurphy area over three days in August 1971.