Ballymurphy massacre
1971 massacre in Belfast, Northern Ireland, by the British Army / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Ballymurphy massacre was a series of incidents between 9 and 11 August 1971, in which the 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment of the British Army killed eleven civilians in Ballymurphy, Belfast, Northern Ireland, as part of Operation Demetrius (internment without trial). The shootings were later referred to as Belfast's Bloody Sunday, a reference to the killing of civilians by the same battalion in Derry a few months later.[1][2] The 1972 inquests had returned an open verdict on all of the killings,[3] but a 2021 coroner's report found that all those killed had been innocent and that the killings were "without justification".[4]
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Ballymurphy massacre | |
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Part of the Troubles | |
Location | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Coordinates | 54°34′30″N 5°58′26″W |
Date | 9–11 August 1971 |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
Deaths | 11 |
Perpetrator | The Parachute Regiment, British Army |
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