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Kemi Badenoch apologises after Bloody Sunday footage used in video
Key takeaways
- The video was shared on Tuesday and shows soldiers entering the Bogside area of Londonderry on 30 January 1972.
- Thirteen people were shot dead when the Army opened fire on civil rights demonstrators.
- The Conservative Party had issued an apology on Friday and said it was removed "as soon as we were made aware of the footage".
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PA Media The Conservative leader, pictured in April, said she did not sign off on the video Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has apologised after a video opposing reforms to the Legacy Act that featured footage of soldiers on Bloody Sunday was posted to her social media account.
The video was shared on Tuesday and shows soldiers entering the Bogside area of Londonderry on 30 January 1972.
Thirteen people were shot dead when the Army opened fire on civil rights demonstrators. Last year a former Paratrooper was found not guilty of murder and attempted murder that day.
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