Bloody Sunday speakers 'were fired on directly'

Speakers at the march which became Bloody Sunday were fired on "directly" and had to lie down to save their lives, it was claimed today.

Bloody Sunday speakers 'were fired on directly'

Speakers at the march which became Bloody Sunday were fired on "directly" and had to lie down to save their lives, it was claimed today.

Solicitor Rory McShane told the Saville Inquiry that he and the then Mid-Ulster MP Bernadette Devlin saved the life of elderly English peer Lord Fenner Brockway when he remained standing, oblivious to the gunfire.

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