Derry Ireland and is often dated as the starting point of the Troubles. On Sunday 30 January 1972, 13 unarmed civilians were shot dead by British paratroopers during a civil rights march in the Bogside area. Another 13 were wounded and one further man later died of his wounds. This event came to be known as Bloody Sunday. The conflict which became known as the Troubles is widely regarded as having started in Derry with the Battle of the Bogside. The Civil Rights movement had also been very active in the city. In the early 1970s the city was heavily militarised
Piazza Tasso massacre an oval cavity has been set up in the piazza Tasso, it is flanked by two plaques, and surrounded by fence. Toys and flowers are sometimes placed in the vacancy. Piazza Tasso massacre The Piazza Tasso massacre (Italian: "Eccidio in Piazza Tasso") was a massacre that occurred on July 17, 1944, at Piazza Tasso in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. On the above named date, Italian militias of the fascist Italian Social Republic allied with the German army, arrived to the piazza Tasso and opened fire, killing five persons. The goals of the shooting are still unclear; one hypothesis is that it