Thursday, September 22, 2011

UK to pay victims over 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre (AP)

FILE - This is a Sunday Jan. 30, 1972 file photo of a man receiving attention during the shooting incident in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, which became known as Bloody Sunday. Britain's defense ministry says it is prepared to pay compensation to relatives of 13 Irish demonstrators shot to death in 1972 by British troops. The ministry said on Thursday Sept. 22. 2011 it was in contact with lawyers acting for the families of those killed during a protest in the Northern Ireland town of Londonderry, (AP Photo/PA, File) UNITED KINGDOM OUTAP - Britain said Thursday it will offer compensation payments to the families of people killed and wounded on Bloody Sunday, a nearly 40-year-old massacre by British paratroopers in Northern Ireland that fueled Irish Catholic support for the IRA.


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