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How many people were killed on Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland?
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Local people walking past a British soldier on guard in Northern Ireland, August 1969.
On January 30, 1972, during the event known as Bloody Sunday, British paratroopers opened fire on civil rights demonstrators in Londonderry, killing 13 people immediately. A 14th person later died from injuries sustained during the incident.123