UK Defence Minister Gavin Williamson said the government will offer full legal support to Soldier F, including paying his legal costs and providing welfare support. Having weighed up 125,000 pages of material, prosecutors said on 14 March that they will prosecute Soldier F for the murders of James Wray and William McKinney. A news item involving Bloody Sunday (1972) was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 15 June 2010. Britannica Kids Holiday Bundle! Growing Catholic anger over internment provided the context for Bloody Sunday. Prime Minister Tony Blair announced that a new inquiry would be held, headed by judge Lord Saville. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. [1 On January 30 1972, ... Thirteen people were killed during the incident and 15 wounded in a day that would become known as Bloody Sunday. 1972 Press Photo Britain's Lord Widgery shown in during Bloody Sunday probe This is an original press photo. Eamonn McCann wrote, “After Bloody Sunday, the most powerful feeling in the area was the desire for revenge. A deadline to finish negotiations had been set for Sunday, but the UK and EU agreed to keep talking. There has been debate over whether or not the soldiers involved should be prosecuted. Read about our approach to external linking. Bloody Sunday (Irish: Domhnach na Fola) —sometimes called the Bogside Massacre —happened on 30 January 1972, in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.During this protest against internment, some protesters threw stones. The Widgery Tribunal largely cleared the soldiers and British authorities of blame, although he described the soldiers' shooting as "bordering on the reckless". A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the On this day section on January 30, 2011 , January 30, 2014 , and January 30, 2017 . The march began shortly after 15:00 GMT and the intended destination was the city centre. However, Army barricades blocked marchers. On 30 January 1972 troops fired on unarmed protesters in a civil rights march in … Omissions? The bombing failed to kill paratroopers as intended but instead killed a Catholic chaplain, and six civilian members of staff. In mid-1971 Northern Ireland’s Unionist government, led by prime minister Brian Faulkner, sought to curtail Republican paramilitary violence by arresting suspected Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers. Just before 16:00 GMT, stones were thrown and soldiers responded with rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannon. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) began a murder investigation after the Saville report was released. The Stormont government had banned such protests. By 1969 Northern Ireland was spiraling out of control and rioting became more fierce such as The Battle of Bogside. .css-14iz86j-BoldText{font-weight:bold;}Thirteen people were killed and 15 people wounded after members of the Army's Parachute Regiment opened fire on civil rights demonstrators in the Bogside - a predominantly Catholic part of Londonderry - on Sunday 30 January 1972. Sympathizers staged sit-ins, traffic blockades and demonstrations in solidarity with the voting rights marchers. It was led by Lord Widgery, the lord chief justice of England, who concluded that the demonstrators fired the first shot but that none of those dead appeared to have carried weapons. On July 21, 1972, the IRA exploded 20 bombs simultaneously in Belfast, killing British military personnel and a number of civilians. 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Bloody Sunday, demonstration in Londonderry (Derry), Northern Ireland, on Sunday, January 30, 1972, by Roman Catholic civil rights supporters that turned violent when British paratroopers opened fire, killing 13 and injuring 14 others (one of the injured later died). Bloody Sunday 1972. Bloody Sunday began as a peaceful—but illegal—demonstration by some 10,000 people organized by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association in opposition to the British government’s policy of interning suspected members of the IRA without trial. Paul McCartney (who is of Irish descent) also issued a sin… Thirteen people were killed and 15 people wounded after members of the Army's Parachute Regiment opened fire on civil rights demonstrators in the Bogside - … 14 victims. The majority of demonstrators were instead directed towards Free Derry Corner in the Bogside. Immediately after the incident an inquiry was ordered by British Prime Minister Edward Heath. During this protest against internment, some protesters threw stones. Corrections? | History If you want to know the incident called as Bogside Massacre, you have to read Facts about Bloody Sunday 1972. The shootings led to widespread anger in Derry and further afield. (Click link to hear Jackson’s statement. It would also lead to one of the biggest mistakes for the British in their fight for power in Northern Ireland during the troubles. 26 unarmed civil rights protesters and spectators were shot by … The incident remained a source of controversy for decades, with competing accounts of the events. He also faces charges for the attempted murders of Patrick O'Donnell, Joseph Friel, Joe Mahon and Michael Quinn. Title: Bloody Sunday (1972) 1 Bloody Sunday (1972) Presentation by ; Cynthia Anthea Küchler-Völkel; 2 Bloody Sunday (1972) On the 30th January 1972 in the Northern Irish city of Derry 14 people were shot during a civil right demonstrations ; 3 Facts. .css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link{color:inherit;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited{color:#696969;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited{-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link:hover,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited:hover,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link:focus,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited:focus{color:#B80000;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link::after,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited::after{content:'';position:absolute;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;left:0;z-index:2;}Bloody Sunday: Tense wait for soldier prosecution decision, Bloody Sunday: 'Job well done' says former soldier, Bloody Sunday victims should get 'substantial sum', Bloody Sunday: Sir Hugh Orde questions investigations, Bloody Sunday: 18 soldiers 'considered for prosecution'. It was set up in 1998 and reported back in 2010, becoming the longest-running inquiry in British legal history and costing about £200m. Blodiga söndagen (engelska: Bloody Sunday, iriska: Domhnach na Fola) var en incident den 30 januari 1972, då många katoliker i Nordirland protesterade mot den brittiska politiken, varvid 13 civila demonstranter (män och pojkar) sköts ihjäl av brittiska soldater, och ytterligare 13 skottskadades. It took a number of years to complete and detectives then submitted their files to the Public Prosecution Service towards the end of 2016. The Bloody Sunday mural depicts Priest Edward Daly waving a bloodstained handkerchief as one of the victims of the attack, Jackie Duddy, is carried to safety, in Derry, Northern Ireland. © 2020 BBC. Bloody Sunday has become synonymous with the darkest period of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Bloody Sunday (Irish: Domhnach na Fola) —sometimes called the Bogside Massacre —happened on 30 January 1972, in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Trump rejects early White House vaccinations, Tentative progress made as EU hints at concessions, Seeing my family at Christmas 'not worth the risk', Contact tracer: 'People threaten us and block our calls', The 'unsanitised' stories behind pioneering feminists, The surprise Christmas show for an audience of one, Fighting the 'stigma' of dementia in Asian families. The story revolves around two young men who are caught up in the crossfire: one is an idealistic civil rights leader & the other a Catholic teen. Lennon, who was of Irish descent, also spoke at a protest in New York in support of the victims and families of Bloody Sunday. The IRA sought revenge for Bloody Sunday by attacking the Parachute Regiments HQ in Aldershot in England. In June 2010 the Saville Report, the final pronouncement of a government inquiry initiated by British Prime Minister Tony Blair in 1998, concluded that none of the victims had posed any threat to the soldiers and that their shooting was without justification. The demonstrators marched toward Guildhall Square in the city centre, but the British army had cordoned off much of the area, prompting most of the marchers to alter their course and head toward Free Derry Corner. In total, 14 people died - John 'Jackie' Duddy, Michael Kelly, Hugh Gilmour, William Nash, … Fourteen people were killed, many more were injured, and more than 60 people were arrested during the indiscriminate shooting of unarmed civilians. The following year the British government announced that it would offer financial compensation to relatives of the victims. It was derided as a whitewash by the victims' families, who spent years campaigning for a fresh public inquiry. 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