Judge describes ‘false justifications’ and ‘perpetuated falsehoods’ in reporting of 1992 incident in County Tyrone
The use of lethal force by SAS soldiers who shot dead four members of the IRA in 1992 in an ambush in County Tyrone was not justified or reasonable, a judge at an inquest has ruled.
Northern Ireland’s presiding coroner, Mr Justice Michael Humphreys, also found that the soldiers had lied by saying there was a gun battle and they were attacking in self-defence, and that state agencies had perpetuated this falsehood.
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