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Inquest finds priest and 4 Catholic civilians shot by British troops ‘unlawfully killed’

Inquest finds priest and 4 Catholic civilians shot by British troops ‘unlawfully killed’

Thursday, May 14, 2026

Father Noel Fitzpatrick was shot and killed along with four others including three youth in Belfast on July 9, 1972.

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