Inquiry told "hooligans" among Bloody Sunday dead

A British army major today claimed "young Derry hooligans" were among those killed on Bloody Sunday.

A British army major today claimed "young Derry hooligans" were among those killed on Bloody Sunday.

The officer, referred to as INQ 1872, was part of the team presenting the military case to the 1972 inquiry into the shootings.

Colin Wallace, an Army intelligence officer, earlier alleged to the Bloody Sunday inquiry in September that Martin McGuinness had been part of an IRA group which ambushed him in an attack which cost him his right hand.

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