An extremely fraught issue.
According to the Belfast Telegraph, hundreds of British military veterans marched on Downing Street this weekend in support of ‘Soldier J’, the former soldier arrested for his part in the Bloody Sunday Massacre of 1972.
The former Lance Corporal, who is now 66 years old and lives in Antrim, was arrested for 24 hours before being released on bail. His name has not been announced to the public, but he is suspected of murdering William Nash, 15, Michael McDaid, 20, and John Young, 17 in the massacre.
One of the veterans protesting the arrest of Soldier J had this to say:
“Vets from all over the UK attended and from all arms of the Forces, Army, Navy and RAF. We marched in London today in support of L/Cpl J, a Para who has been arrested and bailed in regard to Bloody Sunday, 1972.
Terrorists in Nothern Ireland are given immunity from prosecution for murders. Soldiers, however, can face persecution over 40 years later. So more marches are planned as we intend to keep up the momentum.
We delivered a petition to No. 10 Downing Street with 24,409 signatures and more people are signing every day.”
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