Ex-British soldier to face prosecution for killing civil rights marchers in 1972

One former British soldier from the Parachute Regiment's 1st battalion will face prosecution for the killing of 13 Catholic civil rights marchers in Londonderry 47 years ago, Northern Ireland's Public Prosecution Service said on Thursday.

On Sunday, January 30, 1972, British troops opened fire during an unauthorised march in the Bogside, a nationalist area of Londonderry. They killed 13 people and wounded 14 others, one of whom died later. The victims were all unarmed Catholics.