The security forces denied this and point out that in incidents such as the killing of eight IRA men at Loughgall in 1987, the IRA members who were killed were heavily armed.
Bezpečnostné sily to popreli a poukázali na mimoriadne situácie ako zabitie 8 členov IRA v Loughgall v roku 1987 ktorí boli ťažko ozbrojení.