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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event of The Troubles
massacre
political repression incident
shooting incident
alsoKnownAs Bloody Sunday
surface form: Bogside Massacre
apologyBy David Cameron
UK government
surface form: 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 The Troubles
surface form: U2 song "Sunday Bloody Sunday"

Bloody Sunday self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 movement
surface form: 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

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The Troubles significantEvent Bloody Sunday
U2 notableSong Bloody Sunday
this entity surface form: Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday alsoKnownAs Bloody Sunday
subject surface form: Bloody Sunday (1972)
this entity surface form: Bogside Massacre
Bloody Sunday hasCulturalDepiction Bloody Sunday self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Bloody Sunday (1972)
this entity surface form: film "Bloody Sunday" (2002)
Operation Banner significantEvent Bloody Sunday
this entity surface form: Bloody Sunday 1972
Turnaround Tuesday follows Bloody Sunday
Derry hasHistoricalEvent Bloody Sunday
this entity surface form: Bloody Sunday (1972)
1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment involvement Bloody Sunday
this entity surface form: Bloody Sunday shootings of civil rights marchers
Widgery Tribunal subject Bloody Sunday
Widgery Tribunal investigatedEvent Bloody Sunday
this entity surface form: Bloody Sunday shootings
Widgery Tribunal reportTitle Bloody Sunday
this entity surface form: Report of the Tribunal appointed to inquire into the events on Sunday, 30th January 1972, which led to loss of life in connection with the procession in Londonderry
Saville Inquiry subject Bloody Sunday
Saville Inquiry reportTitle Bloody Sunday
this entity surface form: Report of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry
Saville Inquiry investigatedEvent Bloody Sunday
Saville Inquiry investigatedEvent Bloody Sunday
this entity surface form: Bloody Sunday shootings in Derry
Saville Inquiry replaced Bloody Sunday
this entity surface form: Widgery Tribunal as the authoritative account of Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday Memorial in Derry commemorates Bloody Sunday
this entity surface form: Bloody Sunday massacre of 30 January 1972
Jackie Duddy participantIn Bloody Sunday
Gerald Donaghey participantIn Bloody Sunday
Sunday Bloody Sunday hasMainTheme Bloody Sunday
this entity surface form: Bloody Sunday (1972)
Sunday Bloody Sunday (song, as drummer of U2) hasTheme Bloody Sunday
subject surface form: Sunday Bloody Sunday
this entity surface form: Bloody Sunday (1972 in Derry)
Patrick Doherty event Bloody Sunday
Patrick Doherty participantIn Bloody Sunday
Patrick Doherty victimOf Bloody Sunday
this entity surface form: Bloody Sunday shootings
Lord Saville of Newdigate notableWork Bloody Sunday
this entity surface form: Bloody Sunday Inquiry report
Lord Saville of Newdigate reportSubject Bloody Sunday
this entity surface form: 1972 Bloody Sunday shootings in Derry
Edward Daly participatedIn Bloody Sunday
this entity surface form: events of Bloody Sunday (1972)
Paul Greengrass notableWork Bloody Sunday
Paul Greengrass directed Bloody Sunday
Paul Greengrass wroteScreenplayFor Bloody Sunday
James Nesbitt notableWork Bloody Sunday
Mark Redhead notableWork Bloody Sunday