The people of an area of west Belfast should have been protected by soldiers during a shooting incident in 1971 – but instead hid fearing a massacre, an inquest has heard. She told an inquest that people in the area had come under attack by Loyalists and some had gone to the nearby Henry Taggart barracks to ask for protection. The events have become known as the Ballymurphy Massacre. The victims of the Ballymurphy Massacre (Ballymurphy Massacre Committee/PA)Soldiers have long been held responsible for killing all 10 people, but the accepted narrative became clouded last year when former members of the Loyalist paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force came forward to claim their organisation was also involved. The Ballymurphy inquest is today hearing from Joseph Millen who was injured in the Springfield Park area in August 1971.

Source: Irish Examiner February 25, 2019 13:52 UTC