Bloody Sunday

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Bloody Sunday was a 1972 incident in Derry, Northern Ireland, when British soldiers shot and killed unarmed civil rights protesters, becoming one of the most infamous and galvanizing events of the Troubles.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf event of The Troubles
massacre
political repression incident
shooting incident
alsoKnownAs Bogside Massacre
apologyBy David Cameron
United Kingdom government
apologyDate 2010-06-15
cause protest against internment without trial
cityDistrict Bogside
commemoratedBy Bloody Sunday Memorial in Derry
annual marches in Derry
country United Kingdom
date 1972-01-30
eventType civil rights march
hasCulturalDepiction U2 song "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
film "Bloody Sunday" (2002)
hasInquiryEndDate 2010
hasInquiryStartDate 1998
inquiryConclusion killings were unjustified and unjustifiable
investigatedBy Saville Inquiry
Widgery Tribunal
legalStatusOfVictims unarmed at time of shooting
mediaCoverage extensive international media coverage
notableClericPresent Edward Daly
notableVictim Gerald Donaghey
Jackie Duddy
Patrick Doherty
numberOfPeopleKilled 14
numberOfPeopleShot 26
organisedBy Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association
partOf The Troubles
perpetrator British Army
perpetratorUnit 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment
photographicIcon image of Fr. Edward Daly waving a bloodied handkerchief
place County Londonderry
Derry
Northern Ireland
politicalImpact strained Anglo-Irish relations
undermined nationalist trust in British state
relatedTo civil rights movement in Northern Ireland
internment policy in Northern Ireland
result escalation of The Troubles
increased support for the Provisional IRA
international condemnation of British policy in Northern Ireland
radicalisation of nationalist community in Northern Ireland
victimDescription Catholic civilians
unarmed civil rights protesters

Referenced by (8)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Operation Banner ("Bloody Sunday 1972")
Selma to Montgomery marches
The Troubles
significantEvent
Bloody Sunday (1972) ("Bogside Massacre")
alsoKnownAs
Turnaround Tuesday
follows
Bloody Sunday (1972) ("film "Bloody Sunday" (2002)")
hasCulturalDepiction
Derry ("Bloody Sunday (1972)")
hasHistoricalEvent
U2 ("Sunday Bloody Sunday")
notableSong

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