Rule of gun: Soldier 027 tells the Bloody Sunday enquiry that on 30 January 1972 his Parachute Regiment comrades needlessly shot and killed 13 civil rights demonstrators:

'Two people towards the centre of the barricade fell within seconds of each other in the opening burst of fire.

'I did not see anyone with a weapon or see or hear an explosive device. I have a clear memory of consciously thinking "what are they firing at?" and feeling some inadequacy. What was I not seeing that I ought to be seeing.' [Guardian].

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