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The IRSP totally condemn last night's bomb attack on a defenceless and innocent family in Gelvin Gardens in the Waterside. This attack was obviously carried out by loyalists with the sinister intention of creating fear and intimidation. This act of recklessness will not intimidate us.
Unfortunately people living in this area have suffered similar attacks in the past but are not deterred from going about their normal day to day business. We are aware that a claim of responsibility by the "Loyalist Action Force" was received which we know to be a flag of convenience for the UDA in Derry. In this claim they named a man who does not reside where the bomb was found. The UDA are allegedly on ceasefire but this random and sectarian attack on a nationalist estate proves that ceasefire to be totally worthless. This attack follows the recent discovery of a PSNI notebook in the Waterside area which included the personal details of republicans. There is a sinister agenda at play here in trying to raise tensions between Catholics and Protestants and we urge people on both sides not to play into this agenda. We want to use this opportunity to reinforce the need for people living in interface and other vulnerable areas, particularly in the Waterside, to exercise caution by checking around their homes and under their vehicles. ###
Irish Republican Socialist Party, Derry |