At least two civilian gunmen were present in Derry on Bloody Sunday, it was claimed today.

Soldiers who burst into the Bogside on Bloody Sunday were “raring to go” and arrest rioters, a British Major General said today.

The inquiry heard evidence from a man who said he pushed one of the Bloody Sunday wounded into open ground seconds before she was shot.

One of the men shot dead on Bloody Sunday was attempting to escape the area with his hands on his head, the Saville Inquiry was told today.