The Springhill Massacre took place on 9 July 1972 in the Springhill estate in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Five people were shot dead by British Army snipers who had taken up position at a timber yard.
Army snipers took up sniping positions positions in Corry's timber yard and reinforced them with sandbags. Two cars pulled into Springhill and the snipers fired two shots at them. One of the cars fled while the other drove a short distance and stopped, the occupants got out and the snipers opened fire again, One of the occupants was shot in the back of the head and was seriously wounded. Another resident rushed to help the injured man but was immediately shot in the arm.
The man's brother and his friend ran to the downed occupant but both were shot by the snipers. At some point during this time a 13-year-old girl was fatally shot by the snipers. The parish priest and a passer-by (the priest was waving a white cloth) rushed to her but a sniper killed both with a single bullet that passed through both their heads. All the victims were unarmed. No British soldier has been held accountable for these murders.
The Ballymurphy Massacre occurred between 9th and 11th of August 1971 when members of the British Army Parachute Regiment murdered eleven innocent civilians.
Paddy McCarthy (44) got into a confrontation with a group of soldiers. One of them allegedly put an empty gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger. As a result, McCarthy suffered a heart-attack and died ...
Joseph Corr (43) Joseph Corr. a father of seven children, was shot in the early hours of the third day of Internment, He left his house with his teenage son when he heard bin lids being rattled. Expecting to ...
Margaret Gargan 13 years, Westrock Drive,
Ballymurphy, west Belfast, shot dead on 9 July 1972, by members of the
British Army’s Parachute Regiment. Soldiers firing from the same
positions also ...
Fr. Noel Fitzpatrick 40 years, a Catholic priest in Ballymurphy, west Belfast, he was shot dead by British soldiers firing from concealed positions overlooking Ballymurphy, on 9 July 1972.
Joan Connolly 50 years, Ballymurphy, west Belfast, shot dead near her home by British soldiers on 9 August 1971. Three other people were also shot and killed by the soldiers in the same incident; Daniel ...
Noel Phillips (20), and his friend Tommy Morgan left their homes to walk to the Henry Taggart Army base near Springfield Park to see what was happening. Whilst standing facing The Henry Taggart Army ...
Daniel Teggart (44), shot as he stood opposite the army base.
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The names and circumstances of the death of the victims referred to on this website comes from court documents, witness statements, official reports, and respected human rights and civil liberties organisations such as Amnesty International. Allegations of the British Army Force Research Unit collusion in the murder of UK citizens, including the murder of human rights lawyer Patrick Finucane comes from the British Police Commissioner Sir John Stevens who conducted the official enquiry into British Army Collusion.
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