Bloody Sunday: 50 Years On
Thirteen people were shot dead and at least 15 others injured after members of the Army's Parachute Regiment opened fire on civil rights demonstrators in the Bogside - a predominantly Catholic part of Londonderry - on Sunday 30 January 1972. The day became known as Bloody Sunday. It is widely regarded as one of the darkest days of the Northern Ireland Troubles. The events leading to Bloody Sunday About 15,000 people gathered in the Creggan area of Derry on the morning of 30 J