An inquest into the shooting of five people in west Belfast in 1972 has been told that shots were fired at local people when they tried to help some of the victims
Relatives of people killed in the 1972 West Belfast shooting at the opening of the inquest.The inquest is to examine whether they were killed by gunfire from the Army or republican or loyalist paramilitaries.Thomas Reid, who was aged 11 at the time, recalled how he heard four or five shots in the estate on 9 August 1972.He said local people were trying to go towards the bodies but "they were getting shot at".
He said he believed the IRA was using "a Lewis submachine gun" located at a local house where sandbags had been placed at a window.
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