Nothing found in search for RPG
FURTHER searches last night by police into Real IRA claims that an RPG warhead was lying abandoned in Newtownbutler found nothing.
On December 19 last year the Real IRA claimed to have fired a rocket at police on patrol near the village 48 hours earlier.
Police immediately warned people to be careful and carried out a search operation but nothing was found.
On January 20 the same group made further claims that a device remained in the area.
Following the latest search, Chief Superintendent Michael Skuce said once again the lives of members of the community had been put at risk.
He said: “Let us be clear: these are not just attacks on police officers, they place the lives of every man, woman and child in the area at risk.
“Those who operate under various flags of convenience are simply terrorists and criminals.
“They offer our community nothing but a willingness to drag everyone back to the dark days of the past by using violence as a so-called political tool.”
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Saturday 11 February 2012
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