The main findings of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Here are some key findings and extracts from the Saville report: – “The firing by soldiers of 1 Para caused the deaths of 13 people and injury to a similar number, none of whom was posing a threat of causing death or serious injury. – “We found no instances where it appeared to us that soldiers either were or might have been justified in firing.” – “Despite the contrary evidence given by soldiers, we have concluded that none of them fired in response to attacks or threatened attacks by nail or petrol bombers.” – The report added that no-one threw, or threatened to throw, nail or petrol bombs at soldiers. The firing by soldiers of 1 Para caused the deaths of 13 people and injury to a similar number, none of whom was posing a threat of causing death or serious injury Saville Inquiry report – The explanations given by soldiers to the inquiry were rejected, with a number said to have “knowingly put forward false accounts”. But the report concluded: “He did not engage in any activity that provided any of the soldiers with any justification for opening fire.” – Nail bombs had been found in the pockets of 17-year-old Gerald Donaghey, sparking claims they were planted by security forces.