THE PSNI has given a commitment not to arrest any more former soldiers over the Bloody Sunday murders until a London High Court legal bid to stop the murder investigation has been heard.
Last week Soldier J became the first soldier to be arrested for questioning but later released without charge.
During Bloody Sunday in January 1972, 14 civilians died after British Army Paratroopers openeded fire on the civil rights march as it went through the city.
A judicial review application by seven ex-soldiers who could face questioning is set to be heard next week.
Lawyers for the soldiers have said the murder probe is politically motivated.
A High Court judge will decide whether or not the former soldiers have an arguable case to launch a legal challenge against the police.
Lawyers are representing some of the families of Bloody Sunday victims and some of those wounded in the shootings.
They considering an order by a judge that the families of those killed are not “directly affected” by the application.
The Saville Report, published in 2010, laid the blame at the feet of the British Army for the civilian deaths and exonerated those who were killed.
The PSNI launched a murder inquiry in 2012 and has been sifting through files and re-interviewing witnesses to the murders.
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