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Monday, May 12, 2014

Bloody sunday. What happened? Summary

What happened?
On 30 January 1972, 13 people were killed when soldiers from the British Parachute Regiment opened fire on a civil rights march in Derry. The day became known as Bloody Sunday. That shocked people across the world and they burnt the english embassy.
After this sad event, the people got more aggressive in every protest and a lot of people joined the IRA.
The soldiers said that some of the civilians had weapons but witnesses said that wasn't true, so the Catholic  church wanted to open a new inquiry.
Finally on the 98 saville opened one.

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