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| Bloody Sunday: Ex-soldier arrested over Londonderry shootings | Bloody Sunday: Ex-soldier arrested over Londonderry shootings |
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| A former soldier has been arrested by detectives investigating the events of Bloody Sunday in Londonderry. | A former soldier has been arrested by detectives investigating the events of Bloody Sunday in Londonderry. |
| Thirteen people were killed when British paratroopers opened fire on a civil rights march through the city in January 1972. A fourteenth died later. | Thirteen people were killed when British paratroopers opened fire on a civil rights march through the city in January 1972. A fourteenth died later. |
| The 66-year-old is a former member of the Parachute Regiment. He was detained in County Antrim on Tuesday morning. | |
| He is the first person to be arrested as part of the Bloody Sunday investigation. | |
| The former paratrooper is being interviewed at a police station in Belfast. | |
| The officer leading the investigation, Det Ch Insp Ian Harrison, said the arrest "marked a new phase in the overall investigation which would continue for some time". | The officer leading the investigation, Det Ch Insp Ian Harrison, said the arrest "marked a new phase in the overall investigation which would continue for some time". |
| Bloody Sunday was one of the most controversial days in Northern Ireland's history. | |
| In 2010, Prime Minister David Cameron apologised to the Bloody Sunday victims on behalf of the state, after a long-running public inquiry unequivocally blamed the Army for the civilian deaths. | |
| The inquiry, led by Lord Saville, took 12 years to complete and exonerated those who died. | |
| It concluded that soldiers fired the first shot and gave no warning before opening fire on the civilian marchers. | |
| The Saville Report also found that some of those killed or injured were clearly fleeing or going to help the injured and dying. | |
| Accepting the findings of the 2010 inquiry, Mr Cameron described the killings as "unjustified and unjustifiable" and said he was "deeply sorry". | |
| The arrest was made by the Police Service of Northern Ireland's Legacy Investigation Branch, which was was set up to replace the Historical Enquiries Team (HET). | |
| It took over the Bloody Sunday investigation in January this year. |