Former IRA man denies firing gun in the Bogside

A FORMER IRA man yesterday denied claims that he fired a revolver in the Bogside area of Derry during the early stages of Bloody Sunday

The ex-paramilitary known to the Saville Inquiry as OIRA6, insisted he was not armed on the day that 13 civilians were shot dead by members of the Parachute Regiment.

Notes from a Sunday Times journalist have been submitted to the Inquiryclaiming that OIRA6 was seen “running around mad with a pistol all afternoon”and that he “fired very, very early” in the Glenfada Park area.