McGuinness 'told IRA not to attack troops'

Martin McGuinness ordered IRA men not to attack British troops during the civil rights march that led to Bloody Sunday, he claimed today.

Martin McGuinness ordered IRA men not to attack British troops during the civil rights march that led to Bloody Sunday, he claimed today.

The Sinn Féin leader, who was the Provisionals’ number two at the time of the shootings, told the Saville Inquiry his commanding officer had instructed him to tell every volunteer not to open fire.

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