Fresh inquest recommended into 1971 McGurk’s bar bombing in Belfast

Fresh inquest recommended into 1971 McGurk’s bar bombing in Belfast

Attorney general decides atrocity that killed 15 people merits further scrutiny amid new evidence

Northern Ireland’s attorney general has recommended a new inquest into a bombing by loyalist paramilitaries that killed 15 people, including two children, in Belfast in 1971.

Brenda King decided the massacre at the Catholic-owned McGurk’s bar, in north Belfast, merited fresh scrutiny amid new evidence about the location of army observation posts near the atrocity.

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