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| Alan Erwin |
Publicly naming two IRA men suspected of involvement in the Kingsmill massacre would help uncover any collusion surrounding the murders, the High Court heard today.
Counsel for the sole survivor claimed their identities should be revealed at the inquest into the January 1976 atrocity.
Alan Black is taking legal action amid rumours that at least one of those connected to the killing of ten Protestant workmen was a British state agent.
That suspect, who has since died, was an ex-soldier linked to more than 30 murders in total, according to papers in the case.
Mr Black, 77, was shot 18 times and left alongside the lifeless bodies of his friends after the IRA ambushed their minibus near Kingsmill, Co Armagh.
Gunmen ordered the victims out of the van, lined them up and instructed the only Catholic to leave before opening fire.
No-one has ever been convicted for one of the worst outrages committed during the Troubles.
An ongoing inquest into the shootings has heard two suspects linked to the massacre later received controversial on-the-run 'comfort letters', informing them they were not wanted by police.
Counsel for the sole survivor claimed their identities should be revealed at the inquest into the January 1976 atrocity.
Alan Black is taking legal action amid rumours that at least one of those connected to the killing of ten Protestant workmen was a British state agent.
That suspect, who has since died, was an ex-soldier linked to more than 30 murders in total, according to papers in the case.
Mr Black, 77, was shot 18 times and left alongside the lifeless bodies of his friends after the IRA ambushed their minibus near Kingsmill, Co Armagh.
Gunmen ordered the victims out of the van, lined them up and instructed the only Catholic to leave before opening fire.
No-one has ever been convicted for one of the worst outrages committed during the Troubles.
An ongoing inquest into the shootings has heard two suspects linked to the massacre later received controversial on-the-run 'comfort letters', informing them they were not wanted by police.
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