'Soldier was cheered after claiming hit'

A soldier on duty on the periphery of Derry’s Bogside on Bloody Sunday was cheered by colleagues when he claimed a "hit" that day, the new inquiry into the shootings heard today.

The soldier - a sniper who was not a Paratrooper - was in the area of Barrack Street, well clear of the main spheres of action that day, witness Eugene O’Donnell told the hearing in the city’s Guildhall.