Republican News · Thursday 10 January 2002

Loyalist violence during the Christmas period

Two Catholic brothers targeted in a loyalist abduction attempt in Ligoniel, North Belfast on December 11.

Catholic family escape injury in a loyalist pipe bomb attack at their home in Articlave, Co. Derry on December 13.

Ardoyne Catholic escaped loyalist abduction attempt on December 16. A caller claiming to be from the RHD to a Belfast newsroom named the man targeted.

A Catholic in the Markets area of Belfast received a bullet in the post on December 18. The father of five had already been told his name was on a loyalist death list.

A family escape injury in a loyalist pipe bomb attack on their home in the village of Clogh, County Antrim on December 20.

Catholic teenagers standing at the corner of Newington Street, North Belfast on December 25 attacked by loyalist blast bombers.

Catholic families targeted by a loyalist gunman who opened fire on the Limestone Road, North Belfast shortly before 10pm December 25.

A Catholic mother of two, Donna McDaid, was targeted by loyalist gunman in North Belfast on December 27. Six shots were fired through her living room window after the attacker failed to lure Donna into answering her front door.

Catholic homes in Newington Street, North Belfast, attacked in the early hours of January 1st by loyalists 'celebrating' the New Year.

Catholic mother, Marian Kane and grandchild Sean escape injury when they Whitewell Road home was attacked by loyalist gang in the early hours of January 1st. One of three Catholic homes in the area, the Kane family have been attacked 20 times within the last two years.

A Catholic father of five, Joe Murphy was repeatedly stabbed in the face and head near his Newington Street home by a loyalist mob from Tigers Bay on January 2.

UDA member, William Campbell from Coleraine, dies when a pipe bomb he is carrying prematurely explodes on January 3.

A Catholic mother of six, Patricia Ferran and four of her children escape injury when loyalist bomb her Manor Street home in North Belfast on January 3.

Two injured as loyalist target the home of a prison warden in Ballysillan with a pipe bomb on January 6.

North Belfast Republican Martin Meehan and his family were targeted by loyalists who aborted the attack on January 6, a caller using the name of the RHD claimed.