The Ballymurphy shootings: 36 hours in Belfast that left 10 dead

Even by the violent standards of Northern Ireland's Troubles, the events of August 1971 were particularly shocking

• 10 people shot dead in Ballymurphy were innocent, inquest finds

Even by the standards of Northern Ireland's Troubles it was a tumultuous, violent couple of days.

The British army swept into nationalist neighbourhoods across the region on the morning of 9 August 1971 as part of Operation Demetrius, rounding up hundreds of suspects without trial in the hope of snuffing out the IRA's campaign.