Catholic family attacked
The systematic sectarian campaign to drive Catholic families out of
vulnerable areas of North Belfast continued this week with a
pipe-bomb attack on a Catholic family's home on Monday, 19 April.
A newsroom received a telephone call which claimed that a pipe bomb
had been left in the Serpentine area of Greencastle. A search ensued,
and at around 7pm, the occupant of a house in Serpentine Park found
the bomb at the side of his house.
The attack was claimed by the Red Hand Defenders, although it is
thought that the UDA which strong in the area is using the name as a
flag of convenience.
Sinn Féin North Belfast Assembly member Gerry Kelly said the attack
was ``part of the loyalist campaign to drive Catholics out of that
area''.
Kelly also accused Ulster Unionist First Minister David Trimble and
DUP leader Ian Paisley of ``being silent in the face of these attacks
yet demanding guns that are silent be handed in''.
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