What happened on Bloody Sunday?
Since 1969 more than 3,250 people have died in the Northern Ireland troubles. None have been mourned more publicly than the 14 who were shot dead by British paratroopers during a civil rights protest in the Bogside district of Derry on January 30 1972. The 14 men and boys were unarmed and many people believe the 20 minutes of gunfire, which also left 13 people injured, was one of the army’s most shameful episodes. Today, almost 33 years after the event, counsel for the public inquiry headed by Lord Saville of Newdigate, summed up all the evidence it has heard. The inquiry, which is expected to cost £155m, has been the biggest investigation in British legal history. What is the Saville inquiry? The public inquiry into the events of Bloody Sunday was announced by the British prime minister, Tony Blair, in January 1998. He was responding to the persistent demands of Northern Ireland’s nationalist community and the Irish government. The inquiry convened in Derry on March 27 2000. Lord Savi
