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<p>The Government does not hold precise figures on the number of outstanding legacy
cases of people killed by paramilitaries as this is a matter for the relevant independent
authorities, including Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and Police Ombudsman
for Northern Ireland. However, we are aware that following the closure of the Historical
Enquiries Team in 2014, the PSNI inherited a caseload of over 900 cases, involving
nearly 1,200 deaths - the vast majority of which were at the hands of republican or
loyalist terrorists.</p>
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