(London) The U2 group paid tribute on Sunday to the victims of Bloody Sunday which killed 13 people 50 years ago, by posting on social networks a stripped down version of its famous Sunday Bloody Sunday.
Posted at 1:15 p.m.
The Irishman Bono on vocals and The Edge on guitar appear in black and white. Soberly introduced by the message “January 30, 2022 — With Love, Bono & Edge”, the video ends with strong images of the time.
They show Father Edward Daly waving his bloodstained white handkerchief to clear the way for John Duddy being carried by a group of men. The 17-year-old boxer, who did not survive, is considered the first death of “Bloody Sunday”.
Families of the victims in mind, hundreds of people marched on Sunday in the streets of Derry – which the Republicans prefer to the official name of Londonderry – to commemorate the 50th anniversary of this massacre.
Thirteen men had been killed by British soldiers during a peaceful demonstration for Catholic civil rights.
This massacre represents one of the darkest episodes of the Northern Irish conflict between Catholic Republicans, supporters of the reunification of Ireland and Protestant loyalists attached to maintaining the British crown.