Bloody Sunday families urge soldiers to tell truth
The families of the 13 civilians shot dead by the British army on Bloody Sunday have called on the soldiers involved in the atrocity to be truthful with the Saville Inquiry.
A total of 32 relatives of the victims gathered at a press conference in London today on the eve of the inquiry’s resumption.
The tribunal has moved to London after ruling that British soldiers could be in danger if forced to testify in Derry.
Speaking at today’s conference, John Kelly, whose 17-year-old brother was killed on Bloody Sunday, said:
"My brother Michael was neither a gunman nor a bomber. He was just an ordinary young man doing his civic duty by protesting against British human rights abuses.
"It is our hope that the 300 military witnesses, one of whom is my brother’s murderer, who will give evidence here in London, will tell the truth and will do so openly and honestly."
