Today In History: The North King Street Massacre

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Near the end of the Easter Rising in 1916, British regulars broke down the doors of several houses in North King Street, Dublin, and shot and bayonetted to death 15 males whom they suspected of being rebels. A coroner's inquest ruled that all 15 of the dead were 'unarmed and unresisting' prisoners.  Later testimony was unable to demonstrate that ANY of the men were associated with or assisting the rebels.  The soldiers, in at least four cases, had robbed the bodies of cash and jewelry and buried them in the cellars and gardens of the houses where they were shot.

Prime Minister Asquith ordered all evidence suppressed.  The evidence of the murders did not come to light until 2001. No one was ever charged or prosecuted for the massacre.

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