Police are preparing investigations into the massacres of Bloody Sunday, over 40 years ago.
Up to 26 British soldiers could face murder charges for the shooting of unarmed Irish marchers, reported The Sunday Times.
The Ministry of Defence is reported to have hired lawyers to represent the soldiers, who are now in their sixties and seventies.
“Preliminary work has begun into what will be a lengthy and complex investigation,” a spokesperson for the Police Service of Northern Ireland said.
“For the investigation to be as comprehensive and effective as possible, police will be asking for public support in the form of witnesses who gave evidence to the Saville inquiry now making statements to detectives.
“This is because police are precluded from using Saville testimony in criminal investigation.”
14 Catholic civil rights activists were killed in 1972 when British soldiers opened fire on a march in the Bogside area of Derry.
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