The Bloody Sunday killings were unjustified and unjustifiable, the Prime Minster has said.
Thirteen marchers were shot dead on 30 January 1972 in Londonderry when British paratroopers opened fire on crowds at a civil rights demonstration.
Fourteen others were wounded, one later died. The Saville Report is heavily critical of the Army and found that soldiers fired the first shot.
Prime Minister David Cameron said he was "deeply sorry".
He said that the findings of the Saville Report were "shocking".
A huge cheer erupted in Guildhall Square in Derry as Mr Cameron delivered the findings which unequivocally blamed the Army for one of the most controversial days in Northern Ireland's history.
I'm glad the report has finally conveyed the truth; that thirteen people were unjustly shot dead by the soldiers, and that they posed no threat to the lives of the soldiers.
I'm glad the report has finally conveyed the truth; that thirteen people were unjustly shot dead by the soldiers, and that they posed no threat to the lives of the soldiers.
38 years to bring justice for 13 lives, eh?
Wonder how many years it will take to bring all those western troops to justice for unjustly shooting dead thousands and thousands of afghani and iraqi civilians who posed no threat to the lives of the soldiers.
Wonder how many years it will take to bring all those western troops to justice for unjustly shooting dead thousands and thousands of afghani and iraqi civilians who posed no threat to the lives of the soldiers.
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