Coroner says there has been no recognition from perpetrators of ‘utter wrongness’ of Co Armagh attack during Troubles
Kingsmill Massacre survivor Alan Black and Karen Armstrong , the sister of victim John McConville, with friends and supporters of the victims arriving at Laganside Courts, Belfast, for an inquest hearing into the incident. Photograph: Oliver McVeigh/PA WireThe shooting dead of 10 Protestant workmen at Kingsmill in Co Armagh in 1976 was an “overtly sectarian attack by the IRA”, a coroner has ruled.
“Numerous calls to assist and provide answers were met with silence. Accordingly the inquest did not receive disclosure from any individual concerned in the attack, nor their organisation, nor their political representatives although expert evidence was given that records may well exist.”Barges, line speed and shitfights: Is Leinster’s defence better under Jacques Nienaber?The massacre took place on January 5th, 1976 near the village of Kingsmill.
“Neither did the inquest hear evidence from the perpetrators regarding matters such as the motivation for the attack, its planning and personnel and its execution,” he said. “There has been no recognition by any perpetrator or their organisation or political representatives as to the utter wrongness of the attack which served to end the lives of 10 men and to devastate the lives of untold others.
“The rumours are likely to have arisen due to the fact that the terrorist who brought the minibus to a stop had an English accent, Captain Nairac’s reputation as a soldier who adopted unorthodox strategies in combating terrorism in Northern Ireland and his own tragic murder by the IRA,” he said.
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