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| Londonderry fire: Sinn Féin office in arson attack | Londonderry fire: Sinn Féin office in arson attack |
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| Police say they are investigating a suspected arson attack on a Sinn Féin office in Derry. | |
| It happened at Eastway Road in the Creggan area on Sunday night. The fire service said they were called shortly before midnight. | It happened at Eastway Road in the Creggan area on Sunday night. The fire service said they were called shortly before midnight. |
| The fire was brought under control quickly and damage was confined to one part of the building. | The fire was brought under control quickly and damage was confined to one part of the building. |
| Police say a rear window was broken and a flammable liquid poured in. | |
| Sinn Féin assembly member Raymond McCartney condemned the attack, saying it was "an attempt to attack the democratic process". | Sinn Féin assembly member Raymond McCartney condemned the attack, saying it was "an attempt to attack the democratic process". |
| He added: "It hasn't been the first arson attack and the attacks have come from many sources but this will not stop us working for the people of this city." | |
| "We will not turn our offices into a fortress, it will be business as usual for Derry Sinn Féin, continuing to serve the people of the city and the wider north west." | |
| In 2009 the same Sinn Féin office at Rathmore business park was the target of a similar arson attack. |