“A 66-year-old man, arrested by detectives from Legacy Investigation Branch investigating the events of Bloody Sunday, has been released on police bail pending further enquiries”, a PSNI spokesperson told The Irish Post.
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Fourteen people in total died as a result of the events of 30 January 1972 when soldiers opened fire on the marchers.
The 66-year-old man was detained in Co Antrim on Tuesday by detectives from the Legacy Investigation Branch.
“The police need to confirm if they are questioning anyone in relation to that double murder or the other murders that occurred around the same time”.
Kelly said “My brother’s death is no different to any other death on that day”.
The legal action comes after the PSNI warned soldiers they could lose their anonymity if they were charged with murder or other offences, as they would be treated in the same way as any other criminal suspects.
The decision is left to the province’s Public Prosecution Service when they appear in court.
Thirteen people were killed by members of the Parachute Regiment on the day of the incident.
Following the publication of this report, in 2010, British Prime Minister David Cameron apologized for the army’s actions, branding them “unjustified and unjustifiable”.
The decision – which came after a Daily Mail campaign in 1999 – was greeted with relief by former soldiers who feared they and their families could be the target of terrorist reprisals.
The Colonel Commandant of the British Parachute Regiment has issued a message of support for former members who were involved in Bloody Sunday.
Their application, handled by a London firm of solicitors, is under the anonymous letters of the alphabet given to the soldiers during the Saville inquiry into the shootings in Derry, that left 14 civil rights protesters dead.
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A FORMER British soldier, arrested in the North of Ireland in connection with the Bloody Sunday killings, has been released on bail.
