British government dismisses media speculation on Bloody Sunday report

The British government has said that a newspaper report claiming the Saville Inquiry into the Bloody Sunday killings will find that a number of the fatal shootings of civilians by British soldiers were unlawful is pure "speculation".

British government dismisses media speculation on Bloody Sunday report

The British government has said that a newspaper report claiming the Saville Inquiry into the Bloody Sunday killings will find that a number of the fatal shootings of civilians by British soldiers were unlawful is pure "speculation".

The Guardian newspaper claimed that the long-awaited report will put severe pressure on the Public Prosecution Service in the North to prosecute soldiers.

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