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Loyalist paramilitary gang 'shot man by appointment' in Derry Loyalist paramilitary gang 'shot man by appointment' in Derry
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The victim of a loyalist paramilitary gang in Derry city was shot by appointment, a unionist member of the Northern Ireland assembly has claimed.The victim of a loyalist paramilitary gang in Derry city was shot by appointment, a unionist member of the Northern Ireland assembly has claimed.
William Hay, the Democratic Unionist party former Speaker of the Stormont parliament, said the man had agreed to turn up at a specific time and location to be wounded in a so-called punishment shooting in the loyalist Waterside part of Derry. William Hay, the Democratic Unionist party's former Speaker of the Stormont parliament, said the man had agreed to turn up at a specific time and location to be wounded in a so-called punishment shooting in the loyalist Waterside part of Derry.
The 32-year-old victim was found with gunshot wounds to his legs in the Protestant Lincoln Courts district at about 11.30pm on Tuesday.The 32-year-old victim was found with gunshot wounds to his legs in the Protestant Lincoln Courts district at about 11.30pm on Tuesday.
His injuries are not thought to be life threatening and the Police Service of Northern Ireland has appealed for information about the shooting.His injuries are not thought to be life threatening and the Police Service of Northern Ireland has appealed for information about the shooting.
Hay said the man was ordered to go to a local park before being shot. Hay said the man was ordered to go to a local park before being shot. "It almost mirrors what dissident republicans have been doing on the Cityside, when young people are almost being ordered to come to a particular area where the shooting takes place. This is the first time that we have had an incident of this nature in the Waterside area."
"It almost mirrors what dissident republicans have been doing on the Cityside, when young people are almost being ordered to come to a particular area where the shooting takes place," said the DUP assembly member. Dissident republicans have prosecuted their own campaign of punishment attacks for several years in Derry. In many instances those accused of low-level drug dealing, car theft, burglaries or simply crossing the New IRA and other anti-ceasefire groups have been given times and locations to turn up and be shot. In some instances victims have been given the "option" of either forced exile from Derry or being beaten and shot as "punishment" for alleged antisocial behaviour.
"This is the first time that we have had an incident of this nature in the Waterside area." Even during the 20-year-old Provisional IRA ceasefire, the mainstream republican movement still carried out attacks on those it accused of committing crimes in their community. In one notorious case in the late 1990s, the IRA from the Market area of south Belfast rang a city centre pub asking for a man it believed was drinking there and whom it sought. Its target took the phone call and was told to be at an alleyway at 4pm to be shot.
Dissident republicans have prosecuted their own campaign of "punishment attacks" for several years in Derry. In many instances those accused of low-level drug dealing, car theft, burglaries or simply crossing the New IRA and other anti-ceasefire groups have been given times and locations to turn up and be shot. In some instances victims have been given the "option" of either forced exile from Derry or being beaten and shot as "punishment" for alleged antisocial behaviour.
Even during the 20-year-old Provisional IRA ceasefire, the mainstream republican movement still carried out attacks on those it accused of committing crimes in their community. In one notorious case in the late 1990s, the Provisional IRA from the Market area of south Belfast rang a city centre pub asking for a local man it believed was drinking there and whom it sought. Its target took the phone call and was told to be at an alleyway at 4pm to be shot.
The man, a well-known criminal wanted by several police forces across Europe, drank heavily in the pub for several hours and then walked to the scene, where he was shot and wounded in the leg.The man, a well-known criminal wanted by several police forces across Europe, drank heavily in the pub for several hours and then walked to the scene, where he was shot and wounded in the leg.