Attempt made to torch vehicle outside home of QIH director’s relative

An attempt was made to set fire to a vehicle outside the home of a relative of a director of Quinn Industrial Holdings (QIH) in Co Fermanagh at the weekend.
By Aine McMahon
Published 19th Feb 2020, 18:29 BST
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In a statement, a spokesman for QIH said arsonists attempted to burn the vehicle at a location outside Derrylin in the early hours of Saturday February 15.

The attempt was captured on CCTV and the PSNI is investigating.

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The chief executive of QIH, Liam McCaffrey, said: “Following the savage kidnap and torture of Kevin Lunney last September this resumption of violence and intimidation is deeply concerning and shows that the perpetrators will stop at nothing until those directing their activities are brought to justice. We are enormously relieved that this further attack, again outside a domestic home, was contained without loss of life or serious damage.”

In September, QIH director Kevin Lunney, 50, was abducted outside his home near Derrylin, Co Fermanagh, and taken to a horsebox across the border, where he was savagely beaten.

His attackers broke his leg, sliced his fingernails and face with a Stanley knife, carved QIH on his chest, and doused the father-of-six in bleach.

Four men were charged in 2019 with the abduction and false imprisonment of Mr Lunney.