British Army Death Squad Soldiers to be Prosecuted

[PTK]

Some members of an undercover British Army death squad are to be prosecuted. Members of the Military Reaction Force drove round Belfast in plain clothes in unmarked cars in the early 1970s, shooting unarmed civilians in predominantly nationalist areas, in an effort to stoke up sectarian warfare.

The Troubles: Former soldier charged with murder over 1972 shooting

The former soldier faces a charge of murdering Patrick McVeigh and attempting to murder six others.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[skyscraper101]

I can't imagine having to wait that long for any sort of justice. I hope it will be done, but I shaln't hold my breath.

 

[DotCommunist]

I remember reading about MRF in Dillon's 'Dirty War' years ago. A book full of Mr Alphabet's who presumably have been resting easy all these years. Or shuffled already.

 

[PTK]

I can't imagine having to wait that long for any sort of justice. I hope it will be done, but I shaln't hold my breath.

Yes.

 

[PTK]

Once upon a time, people who mentioned the MRF were dismissed as making outlandish claims.