Families disappointed that no further soldiers to be prosecuted over Bloody Sunday

Families disappointed that no further soldiers to be prosecuted over Bloody Sunday

Bloody Sunday, Derry 1972. 

The families of the victims of the Bloody Sunday shootings have expressed their disappointment at the decision of the Public Prosecution Services (PPS) - the principal prosecuting authority in Northern Ireland - not to prosecute 15 former British soldiers in connection to the incident. 

In Derry on January 30, 1972, thirteen civilians died when British soldiers opened fire on a demonstration against internment, with another civilian dying later, and dozens more injured.

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