British soldiers who were in Derry on Bloody Sunday in January 1972 will not automatically be granted anonymity, members of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry Tribunal said yesterday. However, soldiers who admit to firing one or more live rounds on that day when 13 unarmed men were killed will be able to apply for full anonymity if they can claim "special reasons" for doing so.
In a statement yesterday, the tribunal said conversely it intended to lift any restrictions on soldiers' identities if it decided that the information was "in the public domain".