RELATIVES of some victims of the Kingsmills massacre walked out of an inquest into the murders yesterday in protest over the refusal to name two IRA men suspected of involvement.
The families want the two suspects in the killings, both believed to have been in the IRA and now deceased, to be named.
Ten Protestant men were shot dead after in their work van near the village of Kingsmill in south Armagh in January 1976.
During a hearing in Belfast yesterday, the lawyer for the families said the ciphers given to the two men should be lifted.
He told the court it was "causing distress" to the relatives of those killed. He also pointed to other inquests where dead suspects had been identified before the end of proceedings.
Mr Sherrard said he understood the ongoing use of ciphers may cause some anxiety and concern.
But he added that it was "a complicated matter" and "anything but straightforward".
"This is not a simple matter of someone dying, and them being named," he said.
Sole survivor Alan Black was among those who left the inquest yesterday.
Speaking outside court, he spoke of their frustration and claimed that one suspect's name was known "all over Ireland".
"It's frustrating that the coroner won't name him," he said.
"Why not name him? We all know it. All over Ireland, they know his name now."
