The INLA in Derry have claimed that a number of people have received death threats and an 86 year-old woman has been forced to leave her home since the murder of Emmett Shiels last month.
In a statement to the ‘Journal,’ last night, the Derry Brigade of the INLA claimed a well known drug dealer is behind the alleged threats and will face “severe consequences”
The INLA claim that a number of people have been targeted in both the Bog
side and Gobnascale areas of the city and that a number of individuals have been warned by the PSNI about threats to their lives.
A spokesperson for the organisation said; “The Derry brigade of the INLA, with great reluctance and in the absence of a community response wish to put on public record the following; since the killing of Emmett Shiels a number of families are being systematically threatened and intimidated in the Bogside and Gobnascale areas. This intimidation includes graffiti, breaking of windows and death threats and this is being orchestrated by a well known drug dealer based in the Bogside.
“An 86 year-old pensioner, who is a member of a strong republican family, has already been forced to move home and other families have received death threats and their homes have been attacked.
“This drug dealer knows who he is and what he is doing and we demand that he immediately cease these activities or face severe consequences,” the spokesperson said.
