Bloody Sunday: A 'watershed' in the history of the Troubles

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Soldiers fired more than 100 rounds, killing 13 civilians and wounding 15 others after a civil rights march.

It is etched on the walls of Derry and on the minds of those old enough to remember: 30 January 1972.Up to 20,000 people were taking part in a protest against the internment of suspects without trial.

The official army position, backed by the then British government, was that soldiers had responded to gun and nail bomb attacks. In his memoirs - Mister, Are You A Priest? - the late Bishop Daly said Bloody Sunday had cast a long shadow. In 2010, the victims, whose innocence had been called into question for decades, were completely exonerated by Lord Saville.

 

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It's an outrage these soldiers are being used as scapegoats like this

Is the possible armed IRA infiltration in the march also a subject of the inquiry? Giving possible sentences almost 50 years after the fact without investigating thoroughly the whole situation would be as much of a miscarriage of justice as letting the guilty go free would be.

Sunday Bloody Sunday What a great song. It really encapsulates the frustration of a Sunday, doesn't it? You wake up in the morning, you've got to read all the Sunday papers, the kids are running round, you've got to mow the lawn, wash the car, and you think Sunday, bloody Sunday!

I’ve never heard of a place called londonderry 🤔

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