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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Seneca Cabrera

Bloody Sunday Murder Trial: Soldier F Receives Verdict — Who Is He and Why Was He Alone In The Dock?

A British soldier drags a Catholic protester during the Bloody Sunday killings on January 30, 1972, a turning point in Northern Ireland's Troubles. (Credit: THOMPSON/AFP)

A former British soldier known only as Soldier F has been acquitted at Belfast Crown Court of murder and attempted murder over the 1972 Bloody Sunday shootings in Derry.

The ruling ends one of the most high-profile Troubles-era prosecutions in Northern Ireland. Soldier F, a former lance corporal in the Parachute Regiment, had been accused of killing two men and attempting to kill five others when troops opened fire on unarmed demonstrators.

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