Young rioters trying to escape from clouds of CS gas released by the troops in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, 8th July 1971 – image by Don McCullin
Some of the worst violence in the town for three years flared up that afternoon when a crowd of 200 gathered in Lecky Street at the news of an army shooting earlier in the day.
Welder and former boxer Seamus Cusack, 28, died in Letterkenny District Hospital of a gunshot wound. Troops opened fire, initially with rubber bullets and CS gas, but they failed to disperse the crowd. The rioters retaliated by throwing three nail bombs. The army returned fire. One man was shot in the stomach and five soldiers are reported to have been injured by the missiles. The man was dead on arrival at hospital. He was identified as 19-year-old George Desmond Beattie of Donegal Street, Bogside. (source)
More on Northern-Ireland. More iconic images of human rights violations.
I think the citizens of the city prefer the name Derry, not Londonderry.
Derry is the original and more common name, but the issue is contentious.
Iconic photograph indeed.
BTW I agree with the comment above – the ‘London’ part of the name was added for colonial propaganda purposes by King James 1.
I doubt the people in the photograph would call the city ‘Londonderry’.
OK guys, point taken.
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where in the city is the photo taken