The Prime Minister has told the House of Commons that British forces were to blame for the death of all those killed on Bloody Sunday - whom he said were all innocent civilians.

Quoting from the Saville Report he said that no warning had been given to any civilians before the soldiers opened fire and that none of the soldiers had fired in response to attacks by petrol bombers or stone throwers.

Mr Cameron said that some of those killed or injured were clearly fleeing or going to help those injured or dying and insisted that none of the casualties was posing a threat or doing anything that would justify their shooting.

He said there's "no point in trying to soften or equivocate" - and that the events of Bloody Sunday were "not justified".

This was made worse by the fact that many of the soldiers lied about their actions.

He said that "what happened should never, ever have happened" and that "some members of the British armed forces acted wrongly".

He went further and said, on behalf of the Government and the country, he was "deeply sorry" for the events of Bloody Sunday when 13 marchers were shot dead on 30 January 1972 after paratroopers opened fire on crowds at a civil rights demonstration.

Fourteen others were wounded, one of whom later died. The report found that the Army fired the first shot.

There has been no indication as yet if there has been any recommendation regarding prosecutions.

See: Saville Inquiry To Report In June

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