Life behind the wire
A wire fence which was erected to protect Nationalists of Obins
Drive and Edgarstown in Portadown has been torn down by loyalists
in their escalating campaign of attacks against the residents.
A number of residents have been hospitalised and had their houses
and cars damaged in recent weeks during the attacks which have
included bricks, bottles and wooden poles being thrown at them.
Appeals to the housing executive to take action have proved
useless. One resident Georgina Larkin said ``When we said we
wanted a proper steel fence erected, we were told it couldn't be
done because it might be dangerous - that it might blow down. Did
you ever hear anything so stupid in your life?''
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