SAS 'unjustified' in 1992 shooting of four IRA men

An inquest has ruled the usage of lethal unit by SAS soldiers was unjustified erstwhile they opened occurrence sidesplitting 4 IRA men successful an ambush astatine Clonoe successful County Tyrone.

Kevin Barry O'Donnell, 21, Sean O'Farrell, 23, Peter Clancy, 19, and Daniel Vincent, 20, died successful February 1992, minutes aft they had carried retired a weapon onslaught connected Coalisland constabulary station.

The soldiers opened occurrence arsenic the men arrived astatine St Patrick's Church car parkland successful a hijacked lorry which had a dense instrumentality weapon welded to its tailgate.

Security forces had quality the car parkland would beryllium utilized and 12 soldiers were successful presumption down a hedgerow.

They opened occurrence without informing erstwhile the lorry drove successful – firing much than 500 rounds.