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Jan. 01, 1972 - 13 Shot Dead In Londonderry: Thirteen men were killed yesterday as Army paratroopers broke up a banned Civil Rights march in Londonderry, which turned into a riot on the edge of the Roman Catholic Bogside. It was the worst single incident of the entire Ulster crisis. Major-General Robert Ford, Commander Land Forces Northern Ireland, rejected allegations that the troops had shot first or fired indiscriminately. The first shots came from terrorist gunmen, and the soldiers fired single, aimed shots in return, he insisted. Troots were bomborded with acid bombs. bottled, bricks and at least one canister of CS gas as they battled to control the mobs, which IRA gunmen snined from behind the rioters. Another 17 people, including two women and a soldier, were injured. Photo shows Rioters, including women, being lined up against a fence by paratroopers in the Bogside area of Londonderry yesterday

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