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Kingsmills families want killers named

Pacemaker Press Belfast 21-06-2011: Kingsmills families demand full inquiry into massacre 1976: Ten dead in Northern Ireland ambush The families of the 10 workmen shot dead in what became known as the Kingsmills Massacre have called for a public inquiry into the killings. The Historical Enquiries Team (HET) published the findings of their investigation on Tuesday. The families of those killed received the report last week. They said it confirmed what they already believed. Picture By: Pacemaker.

RELATIVES of those murdered in Kingsmills have called for the killers to be named and backed calls for a full public inquiry.

Last week the PSNI’s Historical Enquiries Team (HET) released its report into the investigation into the slaughter of 10 Protestant workmen on the Kingsmills Road, near Bessbrook, in 1976.

The HET report brushed aside all excuses that the IRA had not been responsible and said the murders had been “pure sectarianism” and “appalling savagery” which had been planned for some considerable time before being carried out.

The 10 Protestants had been travelling home from work when they were stopped by what they thought was an army patrol. They were lined up outside the minibus by the gunmen and shot in the back with 11 weapons. The men were then hit by bursts of gunfire as they lay dying on the ground, the HET report said.

Yesterday, relatives of the victims met the HET to question them about the report. The meeting in Bessbrook town hall was closed to the press at the HET’s request.

Speaking afterwards, Karen Armstrong, a sister of one of the workmen, read a prepared statement on behalf of the relatives thanking the HET for their work in compiling the report.

“However, the report leaves us with further questions about whether those responsible for the original inquiry; whether they were guilty of incompetency or whether there was a deliberate attempt to suppress evidence or whether there was gross negligence of duty.”

She said that in 1976 the RUC had a responsibility to thoroughly investigate the massacre.

“We have had inquiries into Bloody Sunday, Pat Finucane and Rosemary Nelson,” she said. “We expect nothing less than a full inquiry to alleviate fears that these men were not merely sacrificial lambs in a dirty war.”

She was rewarded with unanimous applause by the relatives.

Any family members spoken to by the News Letter yesterday said they wanted much more to come out of the investigation.

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