London: Prime Minister David Cameron apologised on behalf of the British government Tuesday for the killings of 13 civilians by British troops on so-called Bloody Sunday, in Northern Ireland in 1972.
He told lawmakers that an investigation into Northern Ireland's biggest mass killing by British soldiers showed the attack was unjustified.
Cameron said the report shows there is "no ambiguity" about what happened that day, and that British soldiers fired first and even killed injured protesters trying to flee.
The prime minister said that the conclusions from the 12-year investigation were "shocking to read" and that he is "deeply sorry" for what happened.
Relatives comfort one another as Kay Duddy, sister of Jackie Duddy, who was shot dead on Bloody Sunday, talks with Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness (right) and relatives and family members make their way to the Guildhall.
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Megan Bradley, the three year-old great grand-niece of Jim Wray, holds photograph of him before a march by the families of the Bloody Sunday victims towards the Guild Hall in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
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