Toome gun attack
Just hours before the Loyalist murders in Poyntzpass on
Tuesday, a Catholic man in Toome narrowly survived an
assassination bid on him at his mobile chip shop.
Dominic Laverty said that a man approached the van and
tried to fire indiscriminately on the staff, but the
gun jammed after one round was fired. The man then ran
to a red car, which sped off towards Castledawson.
Sinn Fein's MP for Mid-Ulster, Martin McGuinness,
demanded that RUC Chief Ronnie Flanagan release any
available ballistic evidence, and provide his analysis
of which Loyalist group was behind the attack. He also
urged all nationalists to remain vigilant.
Loyalist parcel bomb
The bomb that exploded in Belfast's Tomb Street Royal
Mail sorting office on Wednesday 25 February has been
linked with two Loyalist parcel bomb attacks on
Catholics the previous week.
Two people were injured when a package left in the
returned letters centre exploded. It was addressed to a
non-existent address.
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