No more ex-soldiers will be taken to court over the 1972 Bloody Sunday shootings, Northern Ireland prosecutors announced today. A further 15 civilians were wounded when soldiers from the Parachute Regiment opened fire on civil rights demonstrators, in an incident which became known as Bloody Sunday. What is the timeline of peace in Northern Ireland? The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) began a murder investigation in 2010 after the Saville Report said those who were killed or injured on Bloody Sunday were innocent. Eighteen former paratroopers were initially reported to Northern Ireland's Public Prosecution Service over the killings, one of whom died in 2018.

Source: Daily Mail September 29, 2020 11:08 UTC