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| Shots linked to Traveller dispute | Shots linked to Traveller dispute |
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| A gun attack in west Belfast on Monday has been linked to a dispute within the Travelling community. | |
| Bridget Mongan was in her home at Suffolk Road with her husband and 12-year-old granddaughter when gunmen fired several shots into the house. | Bridget Mongan was in her home at Suffolk Road with her husband and 12-year-old granddaughter when gunmen fired several shots into the house. |
| Mrs Mongan said she has been attacked several times since the murder of her son-in-law John Mongan in 2008. | Mrs Mongan said she has been attacked several times since the murder of her son-in-law John Mongan in 2008. |
| She is also related to several people who have been charged in connection with the killing. | She is also related to several people who have been charged in connection with the killing. |
| Mr Mongan was beaten and stabbed to death in front of his heavily pregnant wife in a house at Fallswater Street in west Belfast last February. | Mr Mongan was beaten and stabbed to death in front of his heavily pregnant wife in a house at Fallswater Street in west Belfast last February. |
| Speaking on Tuesday, Mrs Mongan said she was in the kitchen when the shots were fired into her home at 1915 GMT on Monday. | Speaking on Tuesday, Mrs Mongan said she was in the kitchen when the shots were fired into her home at 1915 GMT on Monday. |
| "When I heard the shots, I thought they came in the bedroom window, where my husband was lying, and I kept shouting for him to answer me," she said. | "When I heard the shots, I thought they came in the bedroom window, where my husband was lying, and I kept shouting for him to answer me," she said. |
| "He answered me and my granddaughter, she was trembling and shouting 'granny get the police'." | "He answered me and my granddaughter, she was trembling and shouting 'granny get the police'." |
| A police spokesperson said a 20-year-old man and two teenagers aged 19 and 17 years had been arrested and were being questioned about the attack on Mrs Mongan's home. | A police spokesperson said a 20-year-old man and two teenagers aged 19 and 17 years had been arrested and were being questioned about the attack on Mrs Mongan's home. |
| Meanwhile on Tuesday, two men were arrested in relation to the murder of Mr Mongan. | |
| The men, aged 42 and 45, were arrested in County Fermanagh on suspicion of aiding offenders. | The men, aged 42 and 45, were arrested in County Fermanagh on suspicion of aiding offenders. |
| Two men aged 32 and 36 and a 15-year-old boy have appeared in court charged with Mr Mongan's murder. | Two men aged 32 and 36 and a 15-year-old boy have appeared in court charged with Mr Mongan's murder. |