Ten civilians were shot and fatally wounded by soldiers in the Ballymurphy area of west Belfast between August 9th-11th, 1971 in what became known as the Ballymurphy massacre. An 11th victim, Pat McCarthy, died of a heart attack and is not the subject of the inquest into the deaths whose findings will be announced on Tuesday. Their deaths took place amid heightened levels of violence following the introduction of internment without trial on the morning of August 9th that year. More than 340 people from Catholic and nationalist backgrounds were arrested, prompting serious violence and 20 deaths on August 9th and 10th alone. The scope of the inquests focussed on understanding the events that occurred in Ballymurphy in August 1971 in regards to matters relating to each of those who died.

Source: The Irish Times May 10, 2021 00:56 UTC