A former British soldier will be charged in the slayings of two civil rights protesters 47 years ago on Bloody Sunday, one of the deadliest days of the decades-long conflict in Northern Ireland.
Families hold photographs of the victims of Bloody Sunday and march in Northern Ireland. A former British soldier is set to be prosecuted in connection with the deaths of two civil rights protesters in Northern Ireland more than 40 years ago.
The Bloody Sunday Inquiry found that the British soldiers had opened fire without justification at unarmed, fleeing civilians and then lied about it for decades. Those findings refuted an initial investigation that took place soon after the slayings, which branded the demonstrators as IRA bombers and gunmen.
Dozens of relatives carrying black-and-white images of the slain demonstrators walked quietly Thursday to Londonderry's Guildhall. After the announcement, they were unable to hide their disappointment with the decision. The Bloody Sunday Inquiry took 12 years and cost almost 200 million pounds . The victims' families, as well as the British, Irish and U.S. governments, saw the findings as a step toward healing one of the biggest wounds left by the four-decade conflict in Northern Ireland that left 3,700 people dead.The inquiry was authorized by then-Prime Minister Tony Blair in 1998 ahead of the negotiations that led to the Good Friday peace accord.
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