No trial for British soldier charged over "Bloody Sunday" killings


  • World
  • Friday, 02 Jul 2021

FILE PHOTO: A fresh graffiti "No Peace" is seen on a wall at the Derry corner in Londonderry, Northern Ireland March 14, 2019. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

BELFAST (Reuters) -The only British soldier charged with murder over the "Bloody Sunday" killings of 13 unarmed Catholic civil rights marchers in Northern Ireland in 1972 will not face trial, prosecutors said on Friday.

The decision angered victims' families, who said they would seek a judicial review, underlining the bitterness still felt nearly 50 years after the worst single shooting incident of “The Troubles” -- three decades of sectarian violence involving Irish nationalists seeking a united Ireland and pro-British forces.

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