A witness told the Saville Inquiry yesterday that he saw senior army and police officers gloating in the immediate aftermath of the Bloody Sunday killings.
Mr Gabriel Campbell, who was a 27 years old bus driver when 13 civilians were shot dead in Derry's Bogside almost 30 years ago, said he overheard the high ranking police and army officer "comparing notes" as he stood close to them less than half a mile from the scene of the killings.
Mr Campbell said he saw the two officers standing with a Protestant civilian whom he knew, but whom he did not wish to identify. The two officers had either radios or walkie-talkies and were sending and receiving reports.
"There seemed to be a lot of radio traffic with information about a crowd of people at one corner or another or an ambulance at a certain location. That seemed to be the general gist of it," he told the Inquiry's three judges.
"What I can clearly remember is that the police officer and the army officer were comparing notes on a number of people who had been shot and killed. I think the first figure mentioned was eight, spoken by the army officer. Then the police officer said 'That's nine of the bastards' or words to that effect. Then the figure went up to 12 or 13.
"The attitude of both officers disgusted me. They were very flippant and seemed to be gloating over the number of people who had been shot. The fact that they were officers rather than lower ranks made it worse. The civilian too appeared to be taking delight in the fact that so many civilians had been killed", he said.
The inquiry continues.
A dispute is threatening over a pay rise of £250 a day for senior barristers at the Bloody Sunday tribunal which takes their daily fee to £1,750.
The new rates are being challenged in the High Court in Belfast by the Secretary of State, Dr John Reid.