British army veteran stands trial on two Bloody Sunday murder charges
by Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#701HA)
Ex-paratrooper accused of killing James Wray and William McKinney, and attempting to murder five others
An army veteran will stand trial on Monday charged with murder in relation to Bloody Sunday, when the Parachute Regiment shot dead 13 civil rights protesters in Derry in 1972.
The former paratrooper, known as Soldier F, is charged with two murders and five attempted murders during a military operation that became a defining event of Northern Ireland's Troubles.
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