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Belfast Court of Appeal Upholds Ruling on Legally Justified Use of Force by SAS in IRA Inquest
Senior judges said the SAS member acted proportionately after firing eight rounds in a fast-moving ambush that killed three IRA men.
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Coroner entitled to find SAS soldier justified in shooting unarmed IRA man as part of collective terrorist threat, judges rule
Coroner correct to say Soldier B was entitled to view occupants of car ‘as a group of terrorists who posed a collective threat’
·Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Court of Appeal backs coroner in ruling SAS soldier justified in Coagh ambush killing of IRA driver
A coroner was legally entitled to find an SAS soldier justified in shooting an unarmed IRA driver as part of a collective terrorist threat to life, the Court of Appeal ruled today.
·Belfast, United Kingdom
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