Republican News · Thursday 6 November 1997

[An Phoblacht]

Car with councillor's number in Shankill

Sinn Fein in Belfast are warning natinalists to be extremely vigilant after a car with false number plates matching those of Lisburn Sinn Fein councillor Sue Ramsey turned up in the Tennents Street area of the Shankill Road.

According to Sinn Fein's Alex Maskey, ``this mirrors previous tactics where loyalists have attempted to assassinate leading republicans using falsely registered cars to freely enter nationalist areas''.

Maskey put the incident into ``the context of the recent split within the CLMC, subsequent attacks within loyalist areas and the continuing targeting of Sinn Fein activists, including Gerry Adams last month.''

He also said that recently the RUC have visited men in the Springhill area of West Belfast warning them that loyalists have their details.

•A mother of three from the Markets was approached while at Musgrave RUC barracks on 1 November. The woman was asked to attend a city centre meeting. Later that weekend, while out drinking, she was approached and asked to go to a party. Once there she was offered drugs and questioned by an unknown man who knew her personal details. The woman contacted Sinn Fein's Sean Hayes and gave the details to her solicitor.


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