Source: International Business Times
British troops opened fire on protesters in the majority Catholic Bogside area of Londonderry on January 30, 1972, killing 13 people -- a 14th later dying of his injuries AFP The first ever trial of a former British soldier accused of murdering victims of the Bloody Sunday massacre opens Monday in Belfast, in a landmark moment in Northern Ireland's conflict-scarred recent history. The ex-paratrooper -- identified only as "Soldier F" -- faces two murder and five attempted murder charges over the 1972 atrocity, one of the most significant events in the three-decade-long "Troubles" that plagued the British territory. He has pleaded not guilty and last year applied to have the case against him dismissed, but a judge rejected his claim.
