Republican News · Thursday 28 November 2002

Death drivers attack Sinn Féin offices

Sinn Féin councillor for the Lower Falls Fra McCann has told death drivers who attacked the Sinn Féin offices at Sevastopol Street in West Belfast that "the republican community will not be held to ransom by death drivers and drug dealers".

McCann was speaking on Monday morning, just hours after local hoods drove a car into the Green Cross Art Shop, next door to the party's West Belfast headquarters, causing severe damage to the shop's frontage.

"It is clear that this attack was planned and is intended to deter republicans from continuing to mobilise support in the communities to confront these thugs and those who associate with them," said McCann.

Green Cross workers who staff the Art Shop have told An Phoblacht that they will not be deterred. One woman who works in the Art Shop had a close relative killed by death drivers. She told An Phoblacht that "the shop will be opened on Thursday, no matter what".