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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

British army veteran stands trial on two Bloody Sunday murder charges

Photos of the two men.
Soldier F is charged with the murders of James Wray (left) and William McKinney, who died on Bloody Sunday in 1972. Photograph: Bloody Sunday Trust/PA

An army veteran will stand trial on Monday charged with murder in relation to Bloody Sunday, when the Parachute Regiment shot dead 13 civil rights protesters in Derry in 1972.

The former paratrooper, known as Soldier F, is charged with two murders and five attempted murders during a military operation that became a defining event of Northern Ireland’s Troubles.

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