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A family had a narrow escape in Derry on Sunday evening after a bomb thrown at a police patrol missed its target and exploded in their garden. | A family had a narrow escape in Derry on Sunday evening after a bomb thrown at a police patrol missed its target and exploded in their garden. |
The pipe bomb device was hurled at Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) officers travelling in an armoured vehicle in the Creggan area of the city. | |
At the same time of the explosion the PSNI were dealing with a shooting incident nearby in the Shantallow area of Derry. | At the same time of the explosion the PSNI were dealing with a shooting incident nearby in the Shantallow area of Derry. |
A young man was shot in both legs in what a local member of the Northern Ireland Assembly described as a “punishment shooting”. | A young man was shot in both legs in what a local member of the Northern Ireland Assembly described as a “punishment shooting”. |
Both incidents are being blamed on republican dissidents which have a presence in Derry and have been active both in targeting police and carrying out “punishment attacks” over the last few months. | Both incidents are being blamed on republican dissidents which have a presence in Derry and have been active both in targeting police and carrying out “punishment attacks” over the last few months. |
Former mayor of Derry and SDLP Assembly member Pat Ramsay described those behind both attacks as “violent thugs”. | |
On the bomb attack, Ramsay said: “It’s simply through luck, rather than design, that this attack didn’t take the lives of police officers or residents. It’s simpy an outrageous attack on our community.” | On the bomb attack, Ramsay said: “It’s simply through luck, rather than design, that this attack didn’t take the lives of police officers or residents. It’s simpy an outrageous attack on our community.” |
Ramsay also denounced those behind the shooting. | |
“Those behind it have once again taken the law into their own hands and dispensed a vile form of rough justice. There is no room for this kind of savage attack in the prosperous Derry we’re trying to build,” he said. | |
Over the weekend a Sinn Féin councillor in Derry revealed that another victim of punishment shootings turned up to be shot “by appointment” on Saturday. | |
Councillor Eric McGinley said the 42-year-old man targeted in the shooting had been given a time and place to turn up for the shooting. | Councillor Eric McGinley said the 42-year-old man targeted in the shooting had been given a time and place to turn up for the shooting. |
“This is a very worrying development as it’s the second shooting in this area in just over a month,” he said. | “This is a very worrying development as it’s the second shooting in this area in just over a month,” he said. |
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