Saville: Paras abused arrested civilians, say guards

Civilians arrested on Bloody Sunday were “abused” by paratroopers, two British soldiers claimed today.

Saville: Paras abused arrested civilians, say guards

Civilians arrested on Bloody Sunday were “abused” by paratroopers, two British soldiers claimed today.

The guardsmen from the First Battalion Coldstream Guards, on tour in Northern Ireland in January 1972, recall scenes of brutality which left them “appalled“, the Bloody Sunday Inquiry was told.

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