Former British soldier to stand trial for 1972 'Bloody Sunday' killings in Northern Ireland
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A former British soldier is set to stand trial for the killings of two civil rights protesters during Northern Ireland's "Bloody Sunday" clash in early 1972.
An initial investigation that took place soon after the slayings branded the demonstrators as Irish Republican Army bombers and gunmen. But an exhaustive inquiry that lasted 12 years refuted those findings, concluding in 2010 that British soldiers had opened fire without justification at unarmed, fleeing civilians and then lied about it for decades.
A judge said during a hearing in Londonderry on Thursday that the ex-paratrooper, who is only identified as Soldier F, should stand trial at Belfast Crown Court, though a date has not been set.
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