Soldiers under continuous fire, claims paratrooper

Soldiers came under almost continuous fire after they entered the nationalist Bogside area of Derry on Bloody Sunday, it was claimed today.

Soldiers under continuous fire, claims paratrooper

Soldiers came under almost continuous fire after they entered the nationalist Bogside area of Derry on Bloody Sunday, it was claimed today.

A paratrooper known as INQ 131 said as many as 30 shots may have been fired by civilian gunmen before he first heard military fire.

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