IRA Responsible for Overtly Sectarian Kingsmill Massacre: Coroner Ruling and Demands for Public Inquiry
Belfast, Northern Ireland – A coroner has ruled that the killing of 10 Protestant workers at Kingsmill in Co Armagh in 1976 was an “overtly sectarian attack by the IRA.” The atrocity, which was claimed by a little-known paramilitary group known as the South Armagh Republican Action Force, has long been associated with the IRA despite their supposed ceasefire at the time of the massacre. During the inquest, coroner Brian Sherrard heavily criticized the IRA …