Saville: Paras' tough line 'was to show example'

The members of the Parachute Regiment involved in the Bloody Sunday killings may have taken a tough line to try and restore law and order because they wanted to show their colleagues “how the job should be done“, it was suggested today.

Saville: Paras' tough line 'was to show example'

The members of the Parachute Regiment involved in the Bloody Sunday killings may have taken a tough line to try and restore law and order because they wanted to show their colleagues “how the job should be done“, it was suggested today.

Other soldiers in 8 Brigade, which covered Derry in January 1972, believed the paras were deployed because they always took a strong line, the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, sitting in central London, was told.

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