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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Brian Melley

Ex-British soldier goes on trial for Bloody Sunday killings

Britain Bloody Sunday - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Families of the victims and survivors of the 1972 Bloody Sunday, in which British soldiers opened fire and killed 13 unarmed civil rights marchers and injured 15 others in Northern Ireland, have fought for justice for five decades without a single person being held accountable in court.

That could change after Monday when a former British soldier goes on trial on charges of murder in the shooting of two men and the attempted murders of five others.

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