Saville Inquiry: Youth asked protesters to back off
One of the youths shot dead on Bloody Sunday pleaded with people to back off from a confrontation with troops earlier that day, the inquiry into the killings heard today.
John Young, 17, was seen urging the crowd back from Barrier 14 on Londonderry’s William Street, which blocked the path of marchers on a civil rights demonstration on January 30 1972, according to Noel Doherty.