News veteran tells Bloody Sunday inquiry of press officer's warning

An Army press officer warned journalists troops would be "going in hard" the day before a civil rights march in Londonderry turned into Bloody Sunday, a veteran news photographer has claimed.

News veteran tells Bloody Sunday inquiry of press officer's warning

An Army press officer warned journalists troops would be "going in hard" the day before a civil rights march in Londonderry turned into Bloody Sunday, a veteran news photographer has claimed.

Larry Doherty told the Saville inquiry photographers at a hotel were advised to keep behind the Army the night before the demonstration 29 years ago, which ended with 13 men shot dead.

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