Keith, It was the wish of the volunteer involved in the incident to make this statement. Yes maybe a little late for you. Regarding the incident, the volunteer did not miss the whole patrol. He was a sniper taking a long range difficult shot from an acute angle. His sight was for the last man in the patrol. The children came running into the street and as many of us who live here can recall, patrols often made their progress through areas among children. The shot should not have been taken, but it is easy to judge this from an armchair.The decision lay with the volunteer, after the action he made good his escape through a pre planned operation.There was eye witness reports of one soldier discharging his weapon twice after the event, but this was denied by the army at the time, which was not unusal. The volunteer admitted his shot killed the young girl. This was a difficult time in our history, and admissions by the British army where thin on the ground, so maybe they reacted by example.