During the inquest, the coroner said security forces had received intelligence that the IRA's East Tyrone brigade intended to murder a former member of the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) at a ...

The day after, the Provisional IRA (PIRA) confirmed that the four deceased were members of the East Tyrone Brigade and were on active service at the time of their deaths. The coroner found that ...

The former members of the IRA’s East Tyrone brigade who author Jonathan Trigg asked to tell their story were at first wary of his approach.

They were part of the east Tyrone brigade of the Provisional IRA that had killed and tried to kill not just members of the security forces, but also Protestant workmen.

"When it comes to the activities of the East Tyrone Brigade, where are the inquests into that?" He added: "There's around 33 inquests that will reopen if the current government policy plays out.

The coroner said the three men were members of the East Tyrone brigade of IRA and were on “active service” when they were shot.