That's all for our live coverage of the reaction to today's Ballymurphy Inquest findings.

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A former army chief has called the killings "shameful".

"There is no getting away that these 10 deaths should not have happened," Lord Dannatt told BBC Newsline.

The Ministry of Defence has said it recognised "how difficult" the proceedings had been for families and said it would take time to consider the findings of the inquest.

A cavalcade of cars is making its way around Ballymurphy.

Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the families haven't been able to hold a large gathering but this is their way of thanking the local community for their support over the last 50 years.

Some of them wave white flags, with the words "innocent" written on them.

The cars will pass the houses of some of the victims.

The families of those killed gathered at a press conference in west Belfast after Mrs Justice Keegan delivered her findings.

John Teggart, the son of Daniel Teggart, remembered the victims.

Julian O'Neill
BBC News NI Home Affairs Correspondent

It was a coincidence that today's rulings came at the same time as the State Opening of Parliament - the Queen's Speech, in which she sets out the government's legislative programme for the year ahead.

Part of that programme will be proposals around legacy.

It was always going to be light on detail, but I think the Northern Ireland Office would have been conscious about saying anything around protections of soldiers given what was being said in a Belfast courtroom.

First Minister Arlene Foster says it has been a "long road" for the Ballymurphy families and she commended them "for their tenacity".

In a tweet, the DUP leader says the findings "should be accepted" and adds there are "lots of lessons to be learned".

Speaking to BBC Newsline, victims’ campaigner Alan McBride says he hopes families of other victims will be “sharing the joy today”.

He says the Ballymurphy families have been “an inspiration to everybody” and hopes they can “take some comfort” from the inquiry’s findings.

He calls on the UK government to “draw back from whatever it is they are proposing around an amnesty” for members of armed forces.

"The truth needs to be out and justice needs to be seen to be done," he adds.

Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) leader Colum Eastwood welcomes the findings of the Ballymurphy Inquest which he says are “an absolute vindication of the long campaign for truth” by the families of those killed.

The Foyle MP says that the families have demonstrated an “unshakable dignity throughout their long journey toward truth".

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“They have stood against attempts to blacken the names of their loved ones, attempts to deny the truth and rewrite the past,” he says.

"It should shame the British establishment that they forced innocent people to fight for so long and made that journey so difficult.”

Shadow Secretary of State Louise Haigh said the conclusions of Mrs Justice Keegan "are clear and irrefutable".

"Those who lost their lives were innocent and posing no threat," she says.

"Their deaths were without justification. The fundamental right to life violated.

“That families have had to fight for so long for the truth is a profound failure of justice.

"One which must be learnt from.

"For these families, the standard to which we hold ourselves as a nation of laws has fallen far short."

Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald describes today’s inquest verdict as a vindication of the Ballymurphy families’ campaign.

She says, however, that today will be “bittersweet” as “the British government will now attempt to block justice by walking away from their agreement with the Irish government on dealing with the past".

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Ms McDonald says the UK government’s intention “to now totally walk away from the Stormont House Agreement is totally unacceptable”.

“It cannot go unchecked and unchallenged,” she adds.

Former Prime Minister Theresa May says arguments to protect veterans from prosecution have “consistently failed to recognise one simple point".

"You cannot legislate simply to protect British soldiers from prosecution. Any legislation to protect British soldiers will cover terrorists as well.

"Once you recognise the position, then the options become clearer - either you can continue to investigate and lead to prosecutions for everyone, including veterans. Or you draw some sort of line.

“I think Northern Ireland will only have a bright future when it's able to move forward and not look over its shoulder at the past."

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In Westminster, former Prime Minister Theresa May, reacting to the Queen's Speech, said it was a "particularly difficult time to be looking at the issue of legacy in Northern Ireland".

Mrs May said she had grown up watching the Troubles on the news.

"Too many lives were shattered, too many people lived in fear. Too many were left longing for justice.

"The families of those 10 who were considered in the Ballymurphy Inquest have learned what happened to their loved ones, that they were innocent victims.

"Of course we stand up for our armed forces, but as a country we live by certain standards and values and the rule of law.

"And we should not wilfully ignore the breaking of that rule of law, including by members of the armed forces."

Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill tells the media that it is a "day of truth" for the Ballymurphy families.

The rulings, she says, have "laid-bare for all to see now that the British Forces murdered their family members, their innocent family members".

"They've always known that, the Ballymurphy community have known that, the wider community has known that and now the whole world can see that is the case," the Sinn Féin vice president continues.

Ms O'Neill also tells the media that any plans for a Troubles-related amnesty would be "totally unacceptable".

"There certainly is no room for amnesty for those people that came in and were instructed to and carried out murder on Irish citizens," she adds.

The daughter of former soldier John McKerr, who was shot dead in Ballymurphy, says her father was proud of his military background despite losing a hand during WWII.

“The only thing he belonged to was the British Legion,” says Anne Ferguson, adding that “politics was not spoken about in our house”.

“I’m just stunned to hear what has gone on by an Army that my father was proud of."

Eileen McKeown, daughter of Joseph Corr, says her family is "delighted" with the rulings and that the "world knows that they are innocent".

Encouraging other people who are pursuing answers and justice for their loved ones, she says "never give up, never give in".

"My daddy was a hard working man who loved his wife and kids and worked very hard to give us everything we wanted," Ms McKeown adds.

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Joseph Corr, who was 43, was shot at the top of the Whiterock Road near Ballymurphy.

His daughter says the hearts, hopes and dreams of her family were "shattered" by his killing.

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Carmel Quinn, sister of John Laverty, says "no-one cared" about her brother's death.

"There was no investigation, because no-one cared, we have lived with unanswered questions for 50 years because no-one cared," she tells the press conference.

"No-one cared because our John was just another 20-year-old Catholic from Ballymurphy.

"But our community cared - they have supported us as families and our campaign for truth all these years - and our family cared.

"He was my big brother and we would never give up fighting for him."

She says the family now wants accountability.

Janet Donnelly, the daughter of Joseph Murphy, tells the press conference that for 50 years her family have lived with the knowledge that her father was “an innocent civilian murdered by British paratroopers”.

Ms Donnelly says that when her family requested the original inquest papers “there were missing documents, no forensic report, no post-mortem photographs”.

She says after her father was shot in the right thigh he was taken to the Henry Taggart Memorial Hall where he was beaten and “shot again into his open wound”.

She says a soldier who tried to help her father while he was there was “hit with the butt of a rifle”.

She thanks the soldier for his courage, along with witnesses “who have lived through this harrowing inquest”.

Pat Quinn, the brother of Frank Quinn, says it is a great day for the families, "but it's also a bittersweet day".

"Today personally I think of my dear brother Frank, whose young life was taken by British paratroopers.

"He gave his life helping others and, as one of our witnesses said, he was very brave.

"But mostly today I think of my poor mother and father, Tommy and Grace, who never ever got over Frank's death - their hearts were broken."

He tells the press conference: "It's hard to believe that our families have had to do it ourselves."

Briege Voyle, the daughter of Joan Connolly, is now speaking at the press conference.

"The British Army told a lie 50 years ago, a lie that was retold time and time again," she says.

"The British government covered up the lie and brought shame on themselves - my mother was no gunwoman.

"The coroner's findings are clear she was innocent."