Massacre

Bloody Sunday

30 Jan 1972 · 55.00° N, 7.33° W

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When
30 Jan 1972
Kind
Massacre
Deaths
14
Coordinates
55.00° N, 7.33° W
Description
shooting of 26 civilians by British soldiers in Derry, Northern Ireland in 1972 during the Troubles

Bloody Sunday (1972)

Mass shooting in Derry, Northern Ireland

Bloody Sunday, or the Bogside Massacre, occurred on 30 January 1972 when British soldiers shot 26 unarmed civilians during a protest march in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland. Thirteen men were killed outright, while the death of another man four months later has been attributed to his gunshot injuries.

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