Bloody Sunday

• 30 january 1972

• This day corresponds to the peaceful demonstration organized by NICRA (Northern Ireland Civils Rights Association )

• Derry in Northern Ireland

• Event marking the memory of Northern Ireland

Bloody Sunday

There were 14 deaths in this chaos

• The demonstration turned violent because of civils who were throwing rocks

• then, under this wind of panic the police started shoots real bullet and some grenades into the crowd

• They advocate equal rights between Catholics and Protestants

• the demonstration is declared illegal by the English authorities

• Crowd is close to 10,000 participants

causes of attacks

this massacre will be called bloody sunday

Recently British prime minister David Cameron appologized for the shootings and promised financial compensation for the victims families

An investigation exonerated the British army by concluding that it was responding to IRA fire. However, no weapons were found at the scene. In addition, all the victims were demonstrators.

There are two versions: - According to the British, the paratroopers were target of IRA ( Irish Republican Army ) and retaliated -According to the demonstrators, the British army deliberately fired at an unarmed crowd.

The consequences of this tragedy