It took only the twitch of a trigger-happy finger to kill them, one by one. Following a three-day siege by British soldiers, 11 civilians lay dead in Ballymurphy, west Belfast. Hugh Mullan was a Catholic priest and, reportedly, waving a white hankie when he fell. Francis Quinn, 19, was shot dead as he tried to help a wounded woman. Daniel Teggart’s body was riddled with 14 bullets. Most hit him in his back as he lay injured on the ground. Joan Connolly was left to die a slow and lonely death in a field after being shot. It was several hours before anyone could reach her and, by then, it was too late.Most of these people died so suddenly they probably did not even
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Justice is shot in the back by UK soldiers' amnesty
