PSNI engage with representatives over Para flag on Bloody Sunday weekend

The PSNI said it engaged with local representatives to try to have a Parachute Regiment flag removed from the edge of the Fountain Estate as the annual Bloody Sunday commemorations were taking place at the weekend.
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Sinn Féin MLA Pádraig Delargy described the flying of the flag as a calculated attempt to hurt the families of the 14 victims of the massacre on January 30, 1972.

A PSNI spokesperson stated: “We are aware of a flag being flown on the edge of the Fountain Estate near Bishop Street and are currently liaising with local representatives and making efforts to have this flag removed.”

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Mr. Delargy said: “This is a deliberate attempt to hurt the Bloody Sunday families on the 51st anniversary.”

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The police intervention occurred as the 51st anniversary Bloody Sunday commemorations were getting underway in the city over the weekend.

Fourteen innocent anti-internment demonstrators were shot dead by members of the Parachute Regiment at the end of January in 1972.