'Soldier fired as I carried Bloody Sunday victim'

The brother-in-law of a man killed on Bloody Sunday today recalled how a soldier shot at him as he carried the dying youth to safety.

'Soldier fired as I carried Bloody Sunday victim'

The brother-in-law of a man killed on Bloody Sunday today recalled how a soldier shot at him as he carried the dying youth to safety.

George Leonard Downey told the Saville Inquiry that he tripped and threw Michael Kelly, 17, into an alleyway as bullets fired from behind hit the wall in front of him.

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