Solicitors for many of those bereaved and wounded on Bloody Sunday have stated that compensation negotiations are continuing with the British ministry of defence after it was reported that the families were each offered £50,000.
Thirteen people died on January 30th, 1972, while a 14th victim died later. Thirteen people were also wounded when British soldiers opened fire during a civil rights demonstration in the city.
Now the British ministry of defence is offering £50,000 to each individual family, the BBC has reported. Total compensation would be in the region of £1.3 million.
Madden and Finucane solicitors made no comment other than that the negotiations with the ministry were continuing and in the meantime would remain confidential.
After the £195 million Saville report on Bloody Sunday was published in 2010, the British prime minister David Cameron issued an apology to the families on behalf of the British government for the actions of the British army.
In December the PSNI said it was setting up a team of detectives to examine whether soldiers should be charged in connection with Bloody Sunday.
