Karen Bradley faces calls to resign over Troubles comments
'They were people acting under orders' - Bradley
"What Karen Bradley said is that the soldiers who murdered my father - 14 bullets went through his body, ripped chunks out of his body - that soldier acted in a dignified and appropriate way. "Over 90% of the killings during the Troubles were at the hands of terrorists, every single one of those was a crime," she said."They were people acting under orders and under instruction and fulfilling their duty in a dignified and appropriate way."In a tweet, Mr Eastwood wrote:"Karen Bradley is publically interfering with the rule of law. No-one has the right to deliberately pressure or intervene with due process. She should resign.
"I was not referring to any specific cases but expressing a general view. Of course, where there is evidence of wrongdoing it should always be investigated whoever is responsible. Mark Thompson, from victims' organisation Relatives for Justice, said:"It is absolutely odious and reprehensible that they would stand up and say killings by the state are justified and that they are legitimate."The latest comments from Karen Bradley come at a particularly sensitive time, as
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