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| Family of Dublin gangland feud victim calls for end to violence | Family of Dublin gangland feud victim calls for end to violence |
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| The family of a man murdered in Dublin’s latest gangland feud has appealed for the violent conflict to end. A priest officiating at the funeral of Eddie Hutch Sr said his relatives also wanted no retaliation for his murder. | The family of a man murdered in Dublin’s latest gangland feud has appealed for the violent conflict to end. A priest officiating at the funeral of Eddie Hutch Sr said his relatives also wanted no retaliation for his murder. |
| Father Richard Ebejer told mourners gathered in a church close to Dublin’s Connolly railway station on Friday that “nobody deserves to die the way Neddy died”. | Father Richard Ebejer told mourners gathered in a church close to Dublin’s Connolly railway station on Friday that “nobody deserves to die the way Neddy died”. |
| Referring to the ongoing war between gangsters loyal to the murdered man’s brother, Gerry, and a rival criminal faction, Ebejer said the Hutch family “now call on everybody for this cycle of violence to stop, and to stop now”. | Referring to the ongoing war between gangsters loyal to the murdered man’s brother, Gerry, and a rival criminal faction, Ebejer said the Hutch family “now call on everybody for this cycle of violence to stop, and to stop now”. |
| The priest described the family’s plea for no revenge as an example of “good in the face of evil”. | The priest described the family’s plea for no revenge as an example of “good in the face of evil”. |
| Related: Armed police patrol Dublin as Veronica Guerin’s brother warns of gangs anarchy | Related: Armed police patrol Dublin as Veronica Guerin’s brother warns of gangs anarchy |
| A large security operation involving Garda snipers, armed officers at vehicle checkpoints and specialists with sniffer dogs was put in place for Hutch’s funeral. Some streets around Dublin’s north inner city were sealed off as police sought to prevent an attack on the funeral cortege. | A large security operation involving Garda snipers, armed officers at vehicle checkpoints and specialists with sniffer dogs was put in place for Hutch’s funeral. Some streets around Dublin’s north inner city were sealed off as police sought to prevent an attack on the funeral cortege. |
| The gang associated with Eddie’s younger brother, Gerry “The Monk” Hutch, was blamed for the audacious attack on a boxing weigh-in at the city’s Regency hotel a fortnight ago. A man was shot dead during the armed assault. | |
| The following Monday, Hutch Sr was shot dead at his home in the Ballybough area of central Dublin by men believed to be members of a gang loyal to Costa del Sol-based gangland leader Christy Kinahan. | The following Monday, Hutch Sr was shot dead at his home in the Ballybough area of central Dublin by men believed to be members of a gang loyal to Costa del Sol-based gangland leader Christy Kinahan. |
| Hutch Sr was not involved in the Irish crime wars and was regarded as a soft target. His brother is the number one target of the Kinahan gang. | Hutch Sr was not involved in the Irish crime wars and was regarded as a soft target. His brother is the number one target of the Kinahan gang. |
| Gerry Hutch is understood not to have attended the wake earlier in the week over fears about a plot to kill him. | Gerry Hutch is understood not to have attended the wake earlier in the week over fears about a plot to kill him. |
| The origins of the latest conflict are rooted in the murder last September of Gerry Hutch’s nephew, Gary, in southern Spain. | The origins of the latest conflict are rooted in the murder last September of Gerry Hutch’s nephew, Gary, in southern Spain. |
| It is believed that gangsters loyal to Kinahan suspected Gary Hutch of betraying a drugs shipment to Spanish and Irish police, and shot him dead at his Andalusian apartment. Hutch regarded the murder of his nephew as a betrayal of a “gentleman’s agreement” he had made in Amsterdam with Kinahan that the two gangs would not attack each other. | It is believed that gangsters loyal to Kinahan suspected Gary Hutch of betraying a drugs shipment to Spanish and Irish police, and shot him dead at his Andalusian apartment. Hutch regarded the murder of his nephew as a betrayal of a “gentleman’s agreement” he had made in Amsterdam with Kinahan that the two gangs would not attack each other. |