RUC open fire in Lurgan
A week after the use of plastic bullets was condemned in a UN
report, the RUC opened fire with the lethal weapons on the
Nationalist Kilwilkie estate in Lurgan in an incident on Sunday
evening 22 November.
At least nine plastic bullets were fired in unrest that followed
the sealing off of an area around the Clann Eireann GAA club
after a suspect device had been discovered in a car. Up to 20 RUC
landrovers were used in a joint RUC/RIR operation.
A local resident confirmed that at no time were the crown forces
in any danger.
He said, ``the level of [RUC] activity has never slackened off,
they are continually stopping and searching local people but are
specifically targeting a number of young people.''
Sinn Fein Assembly spokesperson on Human Rights, Mary Nelis said,
``despite the criticism of the British government by the UN
Committee Against Torture at the recent hearings in Geneva, the
RUC is still engaged in the reckless discharge of plastic
bullets. The British government is obliged, under the terms of
the Good Friday Agreement, to immediately address this issue.''
Dara O'Hagan, SF Assembly member for the area said, ``this is not
only further compelling evidence against the use of plastic
bullets but it also increases the pressure on the Patten
Commission to organise a Lurgan venue for Nationalists to explain
what they see as the requirements for a new policing service.''
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