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48 Stardust victims died by unlawful killing inquest finds.
Forty-three years after Stardust inferno, on Valentine's night 1981, an inquest jury has delivered a verdict of 'unlawful killing' on the 48 people - including Susan Morgan - from the Shantallow area of Derry - who died.
The verdict was heard in the Pillar Room of the Routunda Hospital in Dublin today just after 2.00pm.
The medical cause of each victim's death and where they died were read out in alphabetical order.
Most of those who perished that night died from rapid incapacitation due to the inhalation of fumes and heat.
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