Original sentence: SAS soldiers challenged them in the forecourt of a petrol station, then opened fire, killing them
Edited sentence: In Northern Ireland, the killings increased the belief in the infamous Shoot-to-kill policy in Northern Ireland, where suspects were alleged to have been deliberately killed without any attempt to arrest them.SAS soldiers reported to have "challenged" them in the forecourt of a petrol station, then opened fire, killing them.Such a policy was alleged to have been directed almost exclusively at suspected or actual members of Irish republican paramilitary groups.The Special Air Service (SAS) is the most high-profile of the agencies that were accused of employing this policy, as well as other British Army regiments, and the RUC