BLOODY SUNDAY
On January 30, 1972, soldiers
from the British Army's 1st Parachute Regiment opened fire on unarmed and
peaceful civilian demonstrators in the Bogside, Derry, Ireland, near the Rossville
flats, killing 13 and wounding a number of others. One wounded man later died
from illness attributed to that shooting.
The march, which was called to protest internment, was "illegal"
according to British government authorities. Internment without trial was
introduced by the British government on August 9, 1971.
The British-government-appointed Widgery Tribunal found soldiers were not guilty of shooting dead the 13 civilians in cold blood.
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BRITISH JUSTICE
