Bloody Sunday

Bloody Sunday was an event in Derry, Northern Ireland, in which soldiers of the British Army's Parachute Regiment shot at civil rights marchers who were protesting against internment without trial. Thirteen people died on the day and another died later of his injuries. An initial inquiry, the Widgery Tribunal, largely cleared the soldiers, which many people regarded as a whitewash. A new inquiry led by Lord Saville, published in 2010, concluded that the shootings were unjustified and that none of those shot posed a threat, and the British prime minister apologised. The killings sharply increased support for the Provisional IRA and escalated the Troubles.

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