Former British ‘Soldier F’ faces murder charges over the killing of two people during ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Londonderry in 1972, the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) stated on March 14, 2019. Soldier F also faces charges of attempted murder on five people. The PPS said there was insufficient evidence to prosecute 16 other soldiers and two Official IRA men.
Prime minister David Cameron issued formal apologies in 2010 after the Saville Inquiry into the death of 14 people by British Paratroopers. The Saville Inquiry concluded that none of those killed was armed with firearms and no warning was given by the soldiers. David Cameron said the casualties were caused by the soldiers ‘losing their self control’.