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Bloody Sunday: Former British soldier released on bail | Bloody Sunday: Former British soldier released on bail |
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A former British soldier, who was arrested by detectives investigating the events of Bloody Sunday in Londonderry, has been released on bail. | A former British soldier, who was arrested by detectives investigating the events of Bloody Sunday in Londonderry, has been released on bail. |
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 man is a former member of the Parachute Regiment. | The 66-year-old man is a former member of the Parachute Regiment. |
He was the first person to be arrested as part of the Bloody Sunday investigation. | He was the first person to be arrested as part of the Bloody Sunday investigation. |
It is understood he was questioned over the deaths of William Nash, Michael McDaid and John Young. | It is understood he was questioned over the deaths of William Nash, Michael McDaid and John Young. |
He was arrested in County Antrim on Tuesday morning and interviewed at a police station in Belfast. | |
The man was one of the soldiers who appeared before the Saville Inquiry and was referred to as soldier J. | |
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. | |
Controversial | |
The Saville Report also found that some of those killed or injured were clearly fleeing or going to help the injured and dying. | |
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 arrest of soldier J was made by the Police Service of Northern Ireland's Legacy Investigation Branch. | |
The specialist police team was set up to re-investigate unsolved murder cases, dating from the beginning of the Troubles in the late 1960s, up to 2004. | |
The Legacy Investigation Branch replaced the Historical Enquiries Team (HET), shortly after an inspection report criticised the HET for treating state killings with "less rigour" than others. | |
The branch began work in January this year, taking over the Bloody Sunday investigation along with other HET cases. |
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