10 Facts about Bloody Sunday 1972

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If you want to know the incident called as Bogside Massacre, you have to read Facts about Bloody Sunday 1972. It is called Bogside Massacre because the incident took place in Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland on 30 January 1972. Get more interesting facts about Bloody Sunday 1972 below:

Facts about Bloody Sunday 1972 1: the protest march

There were 26 unarmed civilians shot by the British soldiers because they conducted a protest march. These people disagreed with the internment.

Facts about Bloody Sunday 1972 2: who organized the march?

Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association and the Northern Resistance Movement organized the protest march against the internment.

Bloody Sunday 1972 Facts

Bloody Sunday 1972 Facts

Facts about Bloody Sunday 1972 3: 1 Para

1 Para is the name of the soldiers who mostly involved in the Bloody Sunday 1972. They were the members of the Parachute regiments of the first battalion. The British government had two investigations about this incident.

Facts about Bloody Sunday 1972 4: the responsible people

The soldiers and British authorities were blamed for the incident of Bloody Sunday 1972. The people criticized the soldiers for their action.

Facts about Bloody Sunday 1972

Facts about Bloody Sunday 1972

Facts about Bloody Sunday 1972 5: The Saville Inquiry

In 1998, Lord Saville of Newdigate became the leader of the Saville Inquiry. The main function of this inquiry was to reinvestigate Bloody Sunday 1972.

Facts about Bloody Sunday 1972 6: the public report

On 15 June 2010, the report of Saville was opened to the public after 12 years of inquiry on the incident. The people who were shot during the incident were all unarmed. Check facts about Bleeding Kansas here.

Bloody Sunday 1972

Bloody Sunday 1972

Facts about Bloody Sunday 1972 7: David Cameron

David Cameron, the prime minister of Britain decided to make an official public apology for United Kingdom after Saville published the report about Bloody Sunday 1972.

Facts about Bloody Sunday 1972 8: the numbers of the marchers

It is very difficult to say the exact number of the marchers who participated in the event. Lord Widgery claimed that there were around 3,000 to 5,000 people followed the march. On the other hand, Insight, the organizer believed that it was followed by 30,000 marchers. Dr Raymond McClean believed that the participants in the march were 15,000 individuals.

Bloody Sunday 1972 History

Bloody Sunday 1972 History

Facts about Bloody Sunday 1972 9: the people who got shot during the incident

Some of the marchers shot during the incident include Patrick Joseph Doherty, John (Jackie) Duddy, Bernard McGuigan, John Pius Young and many more. Get facts about Black Sunday here.

Facts about Bloody Sunday 1972 10: the following event

After the incident of Bloody Sunday 1972, the British embassy located on Merrion Square in Dublin was burned by the angry crowds.

Bloody Sunday 1972 Ireland

Bloody Sunday 1972 Ireland

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