John Teggart

FAMILIES of those shot dead by during the Ballymurphy massacre have welcomed moves that could see British army veterans prosecuted over the killings.

A CROSS-community group representing Troubles' victims will today deliver a letter to Downing Street rejecting British government proposals for a statute of limitations for conflict-related offences.

Between August 9 and 11, 1971, nine men and a woman were shot dead in Ballymurphy following the introduction of internment.

"CACK-handed", "contemptuous", "disgraceful" - it is difficult to imagine a more scathing response to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's apology to the families of the 10 unarmed men and woman killed by the British army in Ballymurphy.

FOR some families it was a flyer they can't even remember picking up, for others a newspaper advert in The Irish News or Andersonstown News or a poster in a shop window.

A GROUP representing victims killed in the Ballymurphy shootings involving the British Army 50 years ago say it "has confidence that the coroner's findings vindicate our loved ones' innocence".

RELATIVES of those killed in Ballymurphy in 1971 have hailed the fighting spirit of Belfast solicitor Niall Murphy in his battle against coronavirus.

The IRA broke the proclamation of the Irish Republic when it shot dead a 15-year-old boy with learning difficulties, his brother said.

CAMPAIGNERS who staged a rally in Belfast at the weekend in support of British soldiers facing prosecution for Troubles-related killings have threatened to "bring this country to a standstill".

A SPOKESMAN for relatives of 10 people shot dead by British soldiers in west Belfast in 1971 has hit out at the possibility of a statute of limitations for Troubles investigations.