20 August 1998 Edition
Bloody Sunday commander dies
British Army GOC and Director of Operations in the Six-Counties from 1971 to 1973, General Sir Harry Tuzo, died, aged 80, on 8 August. He was ultimately responsible for the murder of 14 civilians on Bloody Sunday in Derry, the casual brutality of the Motorman raids in Derry and Belfast, the introduction of internment and the deaths of over 150 men, women and children at the hands of the British Army.
Indian-born and public school, Oxford educated, he was described in obituaries in the British media as ``always in the right place at the right time [and] the right man for the job''.
Don Mullan, author of Eyewitness Bloody Sunday, and press secretary for the Relatives' for Justice legal team in the new Saville Inquiry into Bloody Sunday, said Tuzo had undoubtedly ``taken secrets to the grave.''
Meanwhile the Bloody Sunday Trust has announced plans for a permanent exhibition about the events that surrounded the 1972 massacre as part of the development of the Gasyard Wall area. Colm Barton, the project's co-ordinator, said the £350,000 project ``will focus on civil and human rights and the Bogside's contribution to the Irish civil rights movement, placing it in the wider international context.''
Gasyard Trust co-ordinator, Tony Doherty, said the permanent Bogside history centre would add a ``valuable dimension to the overall deveopment plan, that will include childcare, health, local culture and talent, education and community development projects''.
A new website entitled Bloody Sunday 26 years on - The New Inquiry was unveiled last week as part of the Gasyard Wall Féile. It was produced jointly by Powerhouse and the Nerve Centre as part of the Our Streets multimedia exhibition that explored the changing environment of the Bodside and Brandywell. The website aims to increase the understanding of Bloody Sunday and the impact that it had on victims' lives. It is also the only website that will give full up-to-date information on the new Saville Inquiry and can be reached at: http://www.powerhouse.clara.net/general/newinquiry/index.htm
Indian-born and public school, Oxford educated, he was described in obituaries in the British media as ``always in the right place at the right time [and] the right man for the job''.
Don Mullan, author of Eyewitness Bloody Sunday, and press secretary for the Relatives' for Justice legal team in the new Saville Inquiry into Bloody Sunday, said Tuzo had undoubtedly ``taken secrets to the grave.''
Meanwhile the Bloody Sunday Trust has announced plans for a permanent exhibition about the events that surrounded the 1972 massacre as part of the development of the Gasyard Wall area. Colm Barton, the project's co-ordinator, said the £350,000 project ``will focus on civil and human rights and the Bogside's contribution to the Irish civil rights movement, placing it in the wider international context.''
Gasyard Trust co-ordinator, Tony Doherty, said the permanent Bogside history centre would add a ``valuable dimension to the overall deveopment plan, that will include childcare, health, local culture and talent, education and community development projects''.
A new website entitled Bloody Sunday 26 years on - The New Inquiry was unveiled last week as part of the Gasyard Wall Féile. It was produced jointly by Powerhouse and the Nerve Centre as part of the Our Streets multimedia exhibition that explored the changing environment of the Bodside and Brandywell. The website aims to increase the understanding of Bloody Sunday and the impact that it had on victims' lives. It is also the only website that will give full up-to-date information on the new Saville Inquiry and can be reached at: http://www.powerhouse.clara.net/general/newinquiry/index.htm