The four minutes that erased self-defense claims
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The four minutes that erased self-defense claims
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The four minutes that erased self-defense claims
This episode explores the events of Bloody Sunday in Derry, Northern Ireland, on January 30, 1972, when British soldiers shot 14 unarmed civilians. It delves into the immediate aftermath and the subsequent official explanations, which were challenged for nearly four decades.
Date: January 30, 1972
Location: Derry, Northern Ireland
Event: Bloody Sunday
Casualties: 14 killed, 108 rounds fired
Regiment: First Battalion Parachute Regiment (One Para)
- On January 30, 1972, 14 unarmed civilians were shot dead by British Army soldiers in Derry, Northern Ireland, during a civil rights march.
- The British government's initial explanation for the shootings was that soldiers fired in self-defense, a claim they maintained for 38 years.
- The Widgery Tribunal, convened days after the incident, concluded that some soldiers fired "recklessly" but also suggested some victims handled weapons.
- The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) organized the banned march to protest internment without trial, a policy introduced in August 1971.
- The First Battalion Parachute Regiment, involved in Bloody Sunday, had previously killed 11 civilians in Ballymurphy in August 1971, with no soldiers prosecuted.
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