06/08/2001
McGuinness hits out at Magherafelt attacks
Education Minister and MP for Mid Ulster Martin McGuinness has condemned the attempted pipebomb attacks in Magherafelt as part of a “cowardly” campaign of intimidation by loyalists against Catholic homes.
Army bomb experts were called to deal with several suspicious devices left near houses in the Leckagh Walk area of the town on the afternoon of Saturday 4 August. Alerted by a telephone warning, they located the first pipebomb at the rear of a house, while a second device was found nearby, also near a residence. Both devices are made safe, and have been taken away for further forensic examination.
Speaking out about the event, Mr McGuinness said that he believed loyalists were behind the attack, and described their actions as “deplorable and cowardly”.
He added: “Clearly, given these two pipe bomb attacks, the recent attack on O’Donovan Rossa’s GAA club and the attacks across south Derry and throughout the north of Ireland, there is a very real danger of further deaths. I would urge all nationalists to continue to be vigilant.” (CL)
Army bomb experts were called to deal with several suspicious devices left near houses in the Leckagh Walk area of the town on the afternoon of Saturday 4 August. Alerted by a telephone warning, they located the first pipebomb at the rear of a house, while a second device was found nearby, also near a residence. Both devices are made safe, and have been taken away for further forensic examination.
Speaking out about the event, Mr McGuinness said that he believed loyalists were behind the attack, and described their actions as “deplorable and cowardly”.
He added: “Clearly, given these two pipe bomb attacks, the recent attack on O’Donovan Rossa’s GAA club and the attacks across south Derry and throughout the north of Ireland, there is a very real danger of further deaths. I would urge all nationalists to continue to be vigilant.” (CL)
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Derry's Fleadh Bid Refused
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Loyalists thought to be behind pipe bomb attacks
Loyalist paramilitaries are thought to have been behind two separate, but connected, pipe bomb attacks in Londonderry early this morning. In the first attack five people, all Protestants, escaped injury after a pipe bomb was thrown at a house in Bond's Place in the Waterside area of the city at about 2am.
Loyalists thought to be behind pipe bomb attacks
Loyalist paramilitaries are thought to have been behind two separate, but connected, pipe bomb attacks in Londonderry early this morning. In the first attack five people, all Protestants, escaped injury after a pipe bomb was thrown at a house in Bond's Place in the Waterside area of the city at about 2am.
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