{"id":115431,"date":"2013-11-21T14:36:02","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T09:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=115431"},"modified":"2013-12-05T05:10:53","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T23:40:53","slug":"british-undercover-soldiers-killed-unarmed-civilians-in-belfast-bbc-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/british-undercover-soldiers-killed-unarmed-civilians-in-belfast-bbc-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"British Undercover Soldiers Killed Unarmed Civilians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"story_continues_1\">Soldiers from an undercover unit used by the British army in Northern Ireland killed unarmed civilians, former members have told BBC One&#8217;s Panorama.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking publicly for the first time, the ex-members of the Military Reaction Force (MRF), which was disbanded in 1973, said they had been tasked with &#8220;hunting down&#8221; IRA members in Belfast.<\/p>\n<p>The former soldiers said they believed the unit had saved many lives.\u00a0The Ministry of Defence said it had referred the disclosures to police.<\/p>\n<p>The details have emerged a day after Northern Ireland&#8217;s attorney general, John Larkin, suggested ending any prosecutions over Troubles-related killings that took place before the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.<\/p>\n<p>Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-24987465\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">more<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/BBC-UK.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115432\" alt=\"BBC UK\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/BBC-UK.jpg\" width=\"464\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/BBC-UK.jpg 464w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/BBC-UK-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":115432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,3402,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-editors-choice","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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