Teens rioted 'for fun' in 1970s Derry

A witness at the Bloody Sunday inquiry has told the hearings that he and his then teenage colleagues would frequently engage in rioting because that was their "idea of fun".

Teens rioted 'for fun' in 1970s Derry

A witness at the Bloody Sunday inquiry has told the hearings that he and his then teenage colleagues would frequently engage in rioting because that was their "idea of fun".

John Duffy, who was 14 at the time of the killings in 1972, also said he was praised by a teacher for letting off a canister of CS gas close to a British army barracks before the ill-fated march on that day.

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