MPs condemn McGuinness comments

Soldiers shot 13 people dead in Derry on Bloody Sunday

MPs have condemned Martin McGuinness for saying he would have killed every soldier in Londonderry after Bloody Sunday, if he'd had the opportunity.

The deputy first minister was speaking during an interview on RTÉ on Saturday.

The DUP's Gregory Campbell secured cross-party support for a parliamentary motion condemning the comments.

The MP and MLA for East Londonderry has also called on the deputy first minister to reveal the extent of his involvement in IRA activities.

"Nationalists are terribly good at demanding full disclosure and openness from others, particularly the police and the army," Mr Campbell said.

"It will be interesting to see if Mr McGuinness will abide by the standards he sets for others and own up to his own role in creating violence and mayhem in the province and offer a long overdue apology."

During the weekend interview Mr McGuinness said feelings in Derry were running high after the shooting dead of 13 people and that republican "attitudes hardened considerably" after Bloody Sunday.

"There is no doubt whatsoever that in the aftermath of Bloody Sunday there was a renewed determination to oppose the British Army and the RUC," he said.

"If I had had the opportunity to kill every single British soldier that was on the streets of Derry I would have killed every single one of them without any difficulty whatsoever."