Nationalists shot at in Lurgan
Two students were shot at by three gunmen from the loyalist
Mourneview estate in Lurgan on Tuesday night, 7 July.
The attack happened as the man and woman were returning to the
nationalist Collingwood estate. The woman was in shock after the
incident and later collapsed in a neighbour's house.
A loyalist mob had crossed the Tandragee Road which separates the
two estates earlier in the evening to attack houses on
Collingwood Avenue with petrol bombs and blast bombs. Sean and
Joan Dowds home was damaged in the assault. Mr Dowds subsequently
suffered an angina attack which required hospital treatment.
A young couple with a baby were rescued from their home by
neighbours after it was set alight by petrol bombers. Local
residents acted swiftly to bring the blaze under control before
the arrival of the fire brigade.
Crown forces in jeeps backed up with a helicopter flooded into
the nationalist area after the attack but did not pursue the
loyalists back into the Mourneview estate.
Collingwood, along with other nationalist estates in Lurgan, was
invaded by crown forces last week allegedly in a search for
weapons. Nothing was found.
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