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07/12/2015
Finance Minister's Enniskillen Office Receives Bomb Threat
Finance Minister Arlene Foster has slammed the people responsible after receiving a threat which sparked a security alert at her constituency office in Co Fermanagh.
The threat contained a "recognised code word" and resulted in the evacuation of the East Bridge Street office and surrounding properties in the area.
Police closed the road, however nothing untoward was found.
Mrs Foster said: "It is clear that those responsible have absolutely no regard for the people of Enniskillen or anywhere else as they use the failed tactics of intimidation and threat. I hope that the police can identify whoever is responsible for this and ensure they are brought to justice swiftly."
Ulster Unionist MP Tom Elliott said: "I unreservedly condemn the threat at Arlene Foster's office which caused great disruption in Enniskillen today.
"The targeting of anyone, including a politician or political party is nothing then less than an attack on the democratic process itself and a bid to instil fear in the wider community. These tactics failed before and they will fail again."
(CD/JP)
The threat contained a "recognised code word" and resulted in the evacuation of the East Bridge Street office and surrounding properties in the area.
Police closed the road, however nothing untoward was found.
Mrs Foster said: "It is clear that those responsible have absolutely no regard for the people of Enniskillen or anywhere else as they use the failed tactics of intimidation and threat. I hope that the police can identify whoever is responsible for this and ensure they are brought to justice swiftly."
Ulster Unionist MP Tom Elliott said: "I unreservedly condemn the threat at Arlene Foster's office which caused great disruption in Enniskillen today.
"The targeting of anyone, including a politician or political party is nothing then less than an attack on the democratic process itself and a bid to instil fear in the wider community. These tactics failed before and they will fail again."
(CD/JP)
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