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This weekend sees the 50th anniversary of the day when British soldiers shot dead 13 civil rights protesters in Derry.

Five decades after British soldiers killed 13 unarmed Catholic civil rights marchers on one of the defining days of the Northern Ireland conflict, relatives are still searching for the justice they believe is needed for a scarred society to heal.

President Higgins will deliver a recorded message to the Bloody Sunday families on Sunday

On January 30 1972, dozens of photographers arrived in Derry, Northern Ireland, to cover a protest march against internment without trial. The day’s events turned violent when British paratroopers opened fire. The photographers ended up capturing on film one of the most significant events of the Troubles – Bloody Sunday.

In 2010 Prime Minister David Cameron delivered a public apology, describing the 1972 killings as ‘unjustified and unjustifiable’.

William McKinney was shot dead on Bloody Sunday 50 years ago.

Margaret Wray’s brother Jim was 22 when he was shot dead on January 30, 1972.

Lord Saville chaired the long-running probe into the events of January 30, 1972.

Patrick Doherty, a married father of six and member of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association, was 32 when he died on January 30 1972.