A soldier on duty on the periphery of Derry's Bogside on Bloody Sunday was cheered by colleagues when he claimed a "hit" that day, the Saville inquiry into the shootings heard today.
The soldier - a sniper who was not a Paratrooper - was in the area of Barrack Street, well clear of the main spheres of action that day, witness Mr Eugene O'Donnell told the hearing in the city's Guildhall.
Earlier Mr O'Donnell told the chamber he was arrested by troops and threatened at gunpoint as he accompanied one of the injured of the day, Mr Joe Friel, in a car taking him to hospital.
The car was stopped at a military barrier on Barrack Street and Mr O'Donnell claimed he was taken out and brought to a cul-de-sac off that road where other detainees had been rounded up.
He stated: "I was the last person in line at the Barrack Street end of the cul-de-sac.
"A soldier put the barrel of his rifle against the back of my head and said, Another stiff will make no difference to me'.
"I was absolutely terrified and said an Act of Contrition to myself."
Mr O'Donnell said he spotted another soldier carrying a sniper rifle who then set off towards the barrier.
He continued: "I then heard a couple of shots coming from quite close by. I assumed at the time and still believe that the shots were fired by the soldier with the sniper rifle. He was back shortly after that.
"From the time that passed from him leaving and coming back, I cannot believe that he got far past the Barrack Street barricade.
"When he came back to the cul-de-sac, he shouted to the other soldiers, I've got one, I've got one!' The other soldiers cheered him."
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