A British soldier on duty in Derry on Bloody Sunday told the Saville Inquiry today that the paratroopers who were sent into the Bogside on the day went crazy and fired indiscriminately.
The former Royal Green Jacket rifleman said he and other members of his regiment were shocked at the killings of 13 civilians and the wounding of 13 others.
The witness told the Bloody Sunday Inquiry that as soon as the paratroopers moved into the Bogside in January 1972, they opened fire, even though they themselves were not under fire.
He said he and his colleagues could not understand why the paratroopers went in shooting when the area was under control at the time.
He said the paratroopers simply lost control of a situation which had been under control before they arrived on the scene.
