British general admits innocent deaths on Bloody Sunday

The former head of the British Army has said he believes innocent people were shot dead on Bloody Sunday in Derry 35 years ago.

The former head of the British Army has said he believes innocent people were shot dead on Bloody Sunday in Derry 35 years ago.

General Mike Jackson makes the comments in a documentary to be aired by the BBC to mark the end of the army's role in the North.

Relatives of the victims say the admission calls into question the evidence given by British army witnesses at the two tribunals into the January 1972 killings.

Mickey McKinney, whose brother William was among the victims, is questioning why General Jackson couldn't make the admission while the inquiries were ongoing.

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