Bloody Sunday campaigner John Kelly has urged the Derry public to attend a ‘march of truth’ for the Ballymurphy Massacre, in Belfast this Sunday.
The massacre saw 11 people shot dead on the streets of Belfast by the Parachute Regiment in Summer 1971. The shootings, referred to as Belfast’s Bloody Sunday, occurred between August 9 and 11, 1971.
This weekend a series of events will be held both to mark the fortieth anniversary of the killings and to call for an international inquiry into the incident.
Mr. Kelly, whose 17 year old brother Michael was murdered by soldiers of the same regiment in Derry a mere six months after the Ballymurphy Massacre, has long supported the Belfast campaign.
Mr. Kelly is calling on Derry people to attend the march through the streets of West Belfast: “Those families and the people of Belfast in general campaigned alongside ourselves for truth and justice and I feel moved to reciprocate that. Especially on this the 40th anniversary.
“My message will be one of support and a call for the truth to emerge. The people of Ballymurphy and the bereaved families deserve for the truth to emerge in the same way we did. The British Government need to stand up and come clean about that operation.”
A bus has been organised for Sunday and will leave Derry at 10.30am Seats cost £7.50. To book telephone John on 71 360880.
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