UK upholds decision not to prosecute for ‘Bloody Sunday’
But Northern Ireland's most senior Irish nationalist politician, Michelle O'Neill of Sinn Fein, described the decision as ‘hugely disappointing’
29 September 2020 - 16:40
Dublin — Prosecutors in the British region of Northern Ireland on Tuesday upheld a decision not to prosecute 15 soldiers for their role in the killing of 13 unarmed Catholic civil rights marchers in Londonderry by British paratroopers on “Bloody Sunday” in 1972.
Northern Ireland's most senior Irish nationalist politician, Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill of Sinn Fein, described the decision as “hugely disappointing,” and said “the denial of justice is unacceptable and must end”...
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