British general's praise for Bloody Sunday shootings

The British Army's second-in-command in the North replied 'Well done', when told that unarmed bodies had been found on Bloody Sunday, the inquiry into the shootings was told today.

British general's praise for Bloody Sunday shootings

The British Army's second-in-command in the North replied 'Well done', when told that unarmed bodies had been found on Bloody Sunday, the inquiry into the shootings was told today.

Journalist Peter Stewart, who was with the BBC at the time, said he overheard the conversation between General Robert Ford and Lieut-Col Derek Wilford, commander of paratroopers involved in the killings.

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