THE identities of the soldiers who killed 13 civilians and wounded 14 others on Bloody Sunday are still not clear, the inquiry into the events more than 30 years ago was told yesterday.

Former British Prime Minister Ted Heath today bluntly denied that the Bloody Sunday killings were planned and covered up by the British government.

The officer commanding the British Army’s operation in Derry on Bloody Sunday today insisted that he gave the order to launch the arrest of stone-throwing hooligans which ultimately led to the deaths of 13 unarmed civilians.

Britain’s most senior frontline officer on Bloody Sunday today denied that 13 unarmed civilians were killed because the British army was trying to make his suggestion to shoot rioters into a reality.