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The searing images of Bloody Friday remain some of the most devastating of the conflict - burnt torsos that were once human beings shovelled into bags; puffs of smoke above a cityscape; panic; and the terrified and shocked faces of the victims and survivors.
On 21st July 1972, the Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonated 19 bombs across the city of Belfast, killing 9 people and injuring 130 - most of whom were women and children.
(The Historical Enquiry Team's reports into Bloody Friday recorded 19 explosions from 21 bombs).
Paper Trail discovered secret British military logs covering this terrible day in London and secured their release following prolonged information battles and Public Interest Tests.
We have been working with families impacted by the terrible violence that whole day and night and made the secret files and newspaper archives available to victims and survivors - research that otherwise would have taken them years of delay and hundreds of hours of work.
Half a century later, whilst the victims and survivors still demand truth and justice from the perpetrators, these historic files offer new evidence from the responders.
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On 21st July 1972, the Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonated 19 bombs across the city of Belfast, killing 9 people and injuring 130 - most of whom were women and children.
(The Historical Enquiry Team's reports into Bloody Friday recorded 19 explosions from 21 bombs).
Paper Trail discovered secret British military logs covering this terrible day in London and secured their release following prolonged information battles and Public Interest Tests.
We have been working with families impacted by the terrible violence that whole day and night and made the secret files and newspaper archives available to victims and survivors - research that otherwise would have taken them years of delay and hundreds of hours of work.
Half a century later, whilst the victims and survivors still demand truth and justice from the perpetrators, these historic files offer new evidence from the responders.
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