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title: "Cameron apologises for Bloody Sunday, admits shootings were unjustified"
description: "The British government has, via prime minister David Cameron, apologised for the 1972 shooting of demonstrators in Northern Ireland, calling the action \"both unjustified and unjustifiable. It was wrong.\" It is the first apology the relatives of the dead have received from the government in almost 40 years, much of which was spent justifying the killings instead. The Guardian , New York Times"
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publisher: "Daily Maverick"
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section: "Politics"
author: "Andy Rice"
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canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2010-06-15-cameron-apologises-for-bloody-sunday-admits-shootings-were-unjustified/"
published: "2010-06-15T17:57:33"
updated: "2013-02-01T20:01:50"
lang: "en-ZA"
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# Cameron apologises for Bloody Sunday, admits shootings were unjustified

> The British government has, via prime minister David Cameron, apologised for the 1972 shooting of demonstrators in Northern Ireland, calling the action "both unjustified and unjustifiable. It was wrong." It is the first apology the relatives of the dead have received from the government in almost 40 years, much of which was spent justifying the killings instead. [The Guardian](http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jun/15/bloody-sunday-report-saville-inquiry), [New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/16/world/europe/16nireland.html?hp)

By Andy Rice · Published 15 June 2010, 19:57 SAST · Updated 1 February 2013, 22:01 SAST

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