WARRINGTON, England (AP) - The 96 Liverpool soccer fans who were crushed to death in overcrowded sections at Hillsborough Stadium in 1989 were "unlawfully killed" in a disaster caused by police actions, a jury concluded Tuesday.
Jury: 96 fans 'unlawfully killed' in Hillsborough disaster
The police force responsible for the stadium in the northern English city of Sheffield said "we unequivocally accept the verdict," while apologizing for their failings to families who have spent 27 years campaigning for the police to be officially blamed.
Relatives of the victims of the disaster chanted "Justice for the 96" and sang the Liverpool club anthem, "You'll Never Walk Alone," outside a specially-built courtroom after the conclusion of two years of fresh inquests into Britain's worst sporting disaster.