Bloody Sunday (Irish: Domhnach na Fola) is the term used to describe an incident in Derry, Northern Ireland, on 30 January 1972 in which 27 civil rights protesters were shot by members of the 1st Battalion of the British Parachute Regiment during a Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in the Bogside area of the city. Thirteen people, seven of whom were teenagers, died immediately, while the death of another person 4½ months later has been attributed to the injuries he received on the day. Two protesters were injured when they were run down by army vehicles. Many witnesses, including bystanders and journalists, testify that all those shot were unarmed. Five of those wounded were shot in the back. [from Wikipedia]
Shocking. I don’t even understand what the conflict there is all about.
I do…and it’s complicated. It’s much better than it used to be, but it’s not over yet.
This is one of the most horrible tragedies that I have ever heard of. The protest was about the fact that a year earlier, the British government started detaining people suspected of involvement in the IRA without a trial. That is what these brave souls were protesting, unarmed, on this Bloody Sunday. My heart goes out to those who lost and suffered on this day.