Why This Report

Summary of Findings

Introduction

I.Background of the March

II.The Military Appraisal of the March Prior to January 30

III. The March as it Happened

IV.The Launching of the Arrest Operation

1.The Brigade Commander's Plan

2.The Brigade Log

3.Testimony of Chief Superintendent Lagan

4.Testimony of the Brigade Commander, the Brigade Major
and the Commanding Officer of 1 Para

(a) Brigade Commander MacLellan

(b) The Brigade Major

(c) Commanding Officer of 1 Para, Lieutenant Colonel Wilford

V. Should the Arrest Operation Have Been Launched at All?

VI. The Blood of "Bloody Sunday"

The Question of Who Shot First

The Dead and Wounded

The Scene Before the First of the Known Dead Fell

How the Known Dead were Shot

1. Jack Duddy

2. Patrick Doherty

3. Hugh Gilmore

4. Bernard McGuigan

5. John Young, Michael McDaid, and William Nash

6. Michael Kelly

7. Kevin McElhinney

8. James Wray, Gerald McKinney, Gerald Donaghy, and William McKinney

The Wounded

1. John Johnson and Damien Donaghy

2. Michael Bridge

3. Michael Quinn

4. Patrick O'Donnell

5. Patrick McDaid

6. Alexander Nash

7. Margaret Deery

8. Patrick Campbell, Joseph Mahon, and Daniel McGowan

VII. The Civilian Eyewitnesses Lord Widgery Neglected to Hear

VIII. The Forensic Evidence

IX. Conclusion

Appendix A: Dr. Krishnan's Opinion and Résumé

Appendix B: A Map of Bogside on January 30, 1972

Appendix C: Lord Widgery's Report

Appendix D: Eyewitnesses of Bloody Sunday

"Justice Denied" Main