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Relative of crime boss Gerry Hutch shot dead in Dublin | Relative of crime boss Gerry Hutch shot dead in Dublin |
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A relative of an Irish crime boss whose attack on a boxing bout weigh-in triggered a gangland war in Dublin has been shot dead in the city. | A relative of an Irish crime boss whose attack on a boxing bout weigh-in triggered a gangland war in Dublin has been shot dead in the city. |
The man, a nephew of Gerry “The Monk” Hutch, was killed while sitting in a car near Dublin city centre on Tuesday morning. | The man, a nephew of Gerry “The Monk” Hutch, was killed while sitting in a car near Dublin city centre on Tuesday morning. |
The man, who is in his 30s, is thought to be the seventh person to die in the gangland feud since armed men stormed into the weigh-in at the Regency Hotel in February. | The man, who is in his 30s, is thought to be the seventh person to die in the gangland feud since armed men stormed into the weigh-in at the Regency Hotel in February. |
Related: Man shot dead in Dublin pub in sixth suspected gangland murder | Related: Man shot dead in Dublin pub in sixth suspected gangland murder |
The victim of that attack was David Byrne, a member of a rival Irish crime gang led by Christy Kinahan, a convicted gangster based in the Costa del Sol in Spain. | The victim of that attack was David Byrne, a member of a rival Irish crime gang led by Christy Kinahan, a convicted gangster based in the Costa del Sol in Spain. |
The majority of those who have died since in the wave of violence have been members of Hutch’s gang, apparently killed in revenge for the Regency Hotel attack. | The majority of those who have died since in the wave of violence have been members of Hutch’s gang, apparently killed in revenge for the Regency Hotel attack. |
Witnesses to Tuesday’s attack said that up to six shots had been fired into the victim’s car at about 10am. Although the man was known to have a number of criminal convictions, it is not thought that he was a major player in the gang led by Hutch. | |
Hutch’s home in Dublin city centre had previously been searched by the Garda Síochána, Ireland’s police force, as part of its inquiries into the Regency Hotel shooting. | |
It is claimed that Hutch’s gang launched the February hotel attack in revenge for the murder in Spain last September of Hutch’s nephew, Gary Hutch, by men allegedly linked to Kinahan. | It is claimed that Hutch’s gang launched the February hotel attack in revenge for the murder in Spain last September of Hutch’s nephew, Gary Hutch, by men allegedly linked to Kinahan. |
Related: Irish gangland feud claims fifth victim | Related: Irish gangland feud claims fifth victim |
Gary Hutch’s killers apparently believed he had told Irish police and Interpol about a drug shipment that was intercepted. | Gary Hutch’s killers apparently believed he had told Irish police and Interpol about a drug shipment that was intercepted. |
In the February attack, men dressed in Garda-style uniforms carried AK-47 rifles into the front of the hotel while two other gunmen, one dressed as a woman, came into the building by another entrance seeking out their targets. | In the February attack, men dressed in Garda-style uniforms carried AK-47 rifles into the front of the hotel while two other gunmen, one dressed as a woman, came into the building by another entrance seeking out their targets. |
In retaliation for the attack, gangsters loyal to Kinahan are accused of shooting dead Hutch’s brother, the taxi driver Eddie Hutch, 59, and a cigarette smuggler, Noel “Mr Kingsize” Duggan. Neither man was a key player in Hutch’s gang. | In retaliation for the attack, gangsters loyal to Kinahan are accused of shooting dead Hutch’s brother, the taxi driver Eddie Hutch, 59, and a cigarette smuggler, Noel “Mr Kingsize” Duggan. Neither man was a key player in Hutch’s gang. |
Another relative of Hutch is currently in custody and is facing charges in connection with the Regency Hotel attack. | Another relative of Hutch is currently in custody and is facing charges in connection with the Regency Hotel attack. |