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Video. Londonderry: Families march, remember "Bloody Sunday" victims

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People are marching throught the streets of Londonderry in Northern Ireland on Sunday to commemorate 50 years since British paratroopers opened fire and killed 13 Catholic demonstrators taking part in a peaceful civil rights protest.

Relatives of 13 civil rights protesters shot dead in Northern Ireland by British soldiers 50 years ago demanded justice on Sunday, as they commemorated one of the darkest days in modern UK history.

The "Bloody Sunday" victims' names were read out under a leaden sky to the mournful notes of an Irish flute, as the relatives and hundreds of supporters gathered for a memorial event in the city of Londonderry -- known as Derry to pro-Irish nationalists.

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