Original sentence: Bloody Friday is the name given to the bombings by the Provisional Irish Republican Army's (IRA) Belfast Brigade in and around Belfast, Northern Ireland on July 21, 1972.The IRA leader, Sean MacStiofain, claimed that the warnings for the two bombs which claimed lives were deliberately disregarded by the British for strategic policy reasons, however this is not widely deemed to be credible.The bombings were part of a concerted bombing campaign carried out by the Provisional IRA against economic and military targets in Northern Ireland.The group carried out a total of 1,300 bombings in 1972
Edited sentence: A concerted bombing campaign was carried out by the Provisional IRA with a total of 1,300 bombings in 1972.Bloody Friday is the name given to the bombings by the Provisional Irish Republican Army's (PIRA) Belfast Brigade in and around Belfast, Northern Ireland on July 21, 1972.Except for two British soldiers, all 139 victims were civilian.However this is not widely deemed to be credible.The PIRA leader, Sean MacStiofain, claimed that.the bombings were part of a concerted bombing campaign carried out by the Provisional IRA against purely military and economic targets.the warnings were ignored by the British Army to cause civilian casualties that would discredit the IRA