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Ex-UK soldier arrested over ‘Bloody Sunday’ killings in N.Ireland

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British police on Tuesday arrested a former soldier for the Bloody Sunday killings in Londonderry in 1972 -- one of the worst atrocities in Northern Ireland's three decades of unrest, officials said.

It was the first arrest since a murder investigation was opened in 2012 into the killings of 13 civil rights protesters in the streets that day.

British police on Tuesday arrested a former soldier for the Bloody Sunday killings in Londonderry in 1972 — one of the worst atrocities in Northern Ireland’s three decades of unrest, officials said.

It was the first arrest since a murder investigation was opened in 2012 into the killings of 13 civil rights protesters in the streets that day.

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