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| Police warn Kelly of death threat | Police warn Kelly of death threat |
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| The police have warned Sinn Fein's Gerry Kelly that dissident republicans plan to attack him in the near future. | The police have warned Sinn Fein's Gerry Kelly that dissident republicans plan to attack him in the near future. |
| Mr Kelly showed reporters an official warning he had received before heading into the first meeting of the Stormont sub-group on policing and justice. | Mr Kelly showed reporters an official warning he had received before heading into the first meeting of the Stormont sub-group on policing and justice. |
| "I think we have to take a threat like this as serious, but it is not going to distract me which is the important thing to say," he said. | "I think we have to take a threat like this as serious, but it is not going to distract me which is the important thing to say," he said. |
| "It is worrying for my family, but we will get on with the business." | "It is worrying for my family, but we will get on with the business." |
| Republican sources say threats to senior party members have come from disaffected IRA members who left the organisation in recent months. | Republican sources say threats to senior party members have come from disaffected IRA members who left the organisation in recent months. |
| Speaking on BBC Newsline's i-Generation webcast for young people last month, Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde said threats to the Sinn Fein leadership from dissident republicans were "very real". | Speaking on BBC Newsline's i-Generation webcast for young people last month, Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde said threats to the Sinn Fein leadership from dissident republicans were "very real". |
| Sir Hugh said the dissidents were "determined to wreck everything that has been achieved in Northern Ireland". | Sir Hugh said the dissidents were "determined to wreck everything that has been achieved in Northern Ireland". |
| "The Sinn Fein leadership say their perception is the threat against them has increased - I don't think they're wrong," he said. | "The Sinn Fein leadership say their perception is the threat against them has increased - I don't think they're wrong," he said. |