Bloody Sunday inquiry to hear from 'IRA gunman'

The Bloody Sunday tribunal will reconvene today to hear from a man who allegedly admitted he was a Provisional IRA member who opened fire in Derry’s Bogside on the day British troops gunned down 13 people during a civil rights march.

Witness “X” has denied telling police that he emptied two magazines from a carbine rifle in the Glenfada Park area of the Bogside on January 30, 1972.

The hearing is taking place at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. Witness X will give his evidence by video link from another location and will be screened from view to protect his anonymity.

The hearing will be transmitted to the Guildhall in Derry, where the tribunal heard most of the evidence.

The inquiry, which was announced seven years ago, is expected to cost around £155m (€222.9m).

Late last year, Lord Saville and fellow judges retired to write their final report, which is expected to be completed by this summer.