This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It will not be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/northern_ireland/6532933.stm
The article has changed 5 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 1 | Version 2 |
|---|---|
| Fork-lift truck driven into house | Fork-lift truck driven into house |
| (40 minutes later) | |
| A fork-lift truck has been deliberately driven into a house in the Ballymurphy area of west Belfast. | A fork-lift truck has been deliberately driven into a house in the Ballymurphy area of west Belfast. |
| The house in Whitecliffe Parade was badly damaged during the incident which happened at about 0630 BST on Friday. | The house in Whitecliffe Parade was badly damaged during the incident which happened at about 0630 BST on Friday. |
| The house, which has also been attacked in the past, had been unoccupied for some time and there were no injuries in the incident. | The house, which has also been attacked in the past, had been unoccupied for some time and there were no injuries in the incident. |
| The fork-lift truck had earlier been stolen in the Whiterock Road area of west Belfast. | The fork-lift truck had earlier been stolen in the Whiterock Road area of west Belfast. |
| Charlotte Burns, whose mother Edith Notorantonio, owns the house, said: "I got a phone call about eight o'clock saying that there was a JCB through my mummy's house. It's a bit unreal." | Charlotte Burns, whose mother Edith Notorantonio, owns the house, said: "I got a phone call about eight o'clock saying that there was a JCB through my mummy's house. It's a bit unreal." |
| She said her mother was just out of hospital. | She said her mother was just out of hospital. |
| "She has leukaemia and she's a broken pelvis - she's actually in a wheelchair at the minute," she said. | "She has leukaemia and she's a broken pelvis - she's actually in a wheelchair at the minute," she said. |
| "I think this would be too traumatic to bring her up (to see)." | "I think this would be too traumatic to bring her up (to see)." |
| The family has said although the house has to be knocked down for safety reasons, there are determined to rebuild it. | The family has said although the house has to be knocked down for safety reasons, there are determined to rebuild it. |
| Ms Burns also said she believes the IRA was responsible for the attack. | |
| However, a spokesperson for Sinn Fein said they did not believe there was any republican involvement and said the incident was "clearly part of" an ongoing feud in the area. | |
| "Nobody with any knowledge of this situation or indeed and understanding of the current republican position could possibly come to that conclusion (that the IRA was involved)," the spokesperson said. |