Lord Saville concluded that shortly after the first two civilians were shot, members of the Official IRA - the group from which the Provos split - 'fired a rifle at soldiers' near where the march was taking place.The report rejects Republican claims that they opened fire 'as a reprisal' for the first deaths. It says: 'In our view these two Official IRA members had gone to a prearranged sniping position in order to fire at the soldiers.'The Paras were then sent into the Bogside area, a hotbed of Republicanism, where people 'were throwing stones and similar missiles at the soldiers'. One of those killed in the Abbey Park area of the Bogside was 17-year-old Gerald Donaghey. He was killed by a bullet that first shot and killed Gerard McKinney. The inquiry found the shot was not justified.But the potential threat he represented was revealed after his body was recovered. 'Four nail bombs were found in his pockets,' the report says.The Saville report categorically rejects claims that they were planted on him. 'We have concluded that the nail bombs were probably on Gerald Donaghey when he was shot.'He 'was a member of the Provisional IRA's youth wing, the Fianna'.Certainly, the fear of petrol and nail bombs being thrown at them was used by many soldiers to justify their actions.Read more: dailymail.co.uk Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook