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| Republicans attack Sinn Fein men | |
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| Two Sinn Fein members have been attacked by republican youths in the Dunclug estate in Ballymena. | |
| North Antrim MLA Daithi McKay and Cllr Padraig McShane were set upon outside the home of a community worker who was attacked the night before. | |
| Both men sustained minor injuries. The dispute started over the removal of a bonfire to commemorate internment. | |
| Mr McKay said the community would not be "silenced or deterred by a small number of hoods". | |
| "No-one has forced their will on us in the past and we will not allow these people to do that now," he said. | |
| "We will continue to stand with the community in opposition to the activities taking place at this bonfire and to highlight their demand for it to go." | |
| The community worker, who does not want to be identified, said he was now considering leaving the estate. | The community worker, who does not want to be identified, said he was now considering leaving the estate. |
| "Last night there was probably up to 20 young people," he said. | "Last night there was probably up to 20 young people," he said. |
| "Twenty young people who can hold a community of 900 houses to ransom. | "Twenty young people who can hold a community of 900 houses to ransom. |
| "There is not much future for us, I can't see how the regeneration plans are going to work." | "There is not much future for us, I can't see how the regeneration plans are going to work." |