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The Bloody Sunday Shootings
Tony Doherty recalls the murder of his father by British troops during a civil rights march in Northern Ireland in January 1972.
On 30 January 1972 British troops opened fire on a civil rights march in Northern Ireland. Thirteen people were killed that day, which became known as Bloody Sunday. Tony Doherty was nine years old at the time. In 2012 he spoke to Mike Lanchin about his father and the events that changed his life forever.
(Photo: Armed British troop grabs hold of protester by the hair. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)
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