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.