Bloody Sunday (1972)
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Thirteen people were shot and killed, with another wounded man dying subsequently – his family believe from injuries suffered that day.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10138851 |title=The victims of Bloody Sunday |work=BBC News |date=15 June 2010 |access-date=29 January 2017 |archive-date=22 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422072029/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10138851 |url-status=live}} Apart from the soldiers, all eyewitnesses maintain that soldiers fired into an unarmed crowd, or were aiming at fleeing people, and those helping the wounded. No British soldier was wounded by gunfire or bombs, nor were any bullets or nail bombs recovered to support their claims. |
Thirteen people were shot and killed, with another wounded man dying subsequently – his family believe from injuries suffered that day.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10138851 |title=The victims of Bloody Sunday |work=BBC News |date=15 June 2010 |access-date=29 January 2017 |archive-date=22 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422072029/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10138851 |url-status=live}} Apart from the soldiers, all eyewitnesses maintain that soldiers fired into an unarmed crowd, or were aiming at fleeing people, and those helping the wounded. No British soldier was wounded by gunfire or bombs, nor were any bullets or nail bombs recovered to support their claims. |
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