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Bloody Sunday inquiry hears final evidence

Bloody Sunday inquiry hears final evidence

The inquiry into the Bloody Sunday shootings hears evidence from its final witness today.

The man, referred to only as PIRA (Paramilitary IRA) 24, follows more than 900 witnesses that have testified before the panel of three judges since March 2000.

Lord Saville and his fellow judges, William Hoyt and John Toohey, are expected to announce their conclusions some time next year.

So far the inquiry has called police officers, soldiers, former IRA members and Sir Edward Heath, who was prime minister at the time.

Thirteen people were killed when British Paratroopers opened fire during a civil rights march in Londonderry in January 1972.

To this day, Bloody Sunday remains one of the most notorious incidents in the long history of unrest in Northern Ireland.