MPs debate Ballymurphy killings

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  • xman
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    • Sep 2006
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    MPs debate Ballymurphy killings

    8 December 2010 Last updated at 04:32 ET The circumstances surrounding the killing of 11 people in west Belfast almost 40 years ago are to be debated in the House of Commons.

    A Catholic priest and a mother-of-eight were among those killed by the Parachute Regiment in Ballymurphy in August 1971.

    Foyle MP Mark Durkan is expected to call for an independent international investigation into the killings.

    The families have also called for an apology from the British government.

    The shootings took place during the Army's Operation Demetrius, during which people suspected of paramilitary activity were interned.

    The victims' families have been carrying on a campaign for an independent investigation into events surrounding the killings.





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