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| David Black: 'new IRA' group claims it murdered prison officer | David Black: 'new IRA' group claims it murdered prison officer |
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| A republican terror alliance styling itself as a new IRA has claimed it murdered Northern Ireland prison officer David Black. | A republican terror alliance styling itself as a new IRA has claimed it murdered Northern Ireland prison officer David Black. |
| The group issued a statement to the Belfast paper the Irish News on Monday linking the killing to conditions inside the top-security Maghaberry prison. | The group issued a statement to the Belfast paper the Irish News on Monday linking the killing to conditions inside the top-security Maghaberry prison. |
| The faction comprises members of the Real IRA, independent dissident republican units in areas such as East Tyrone and the Derry-based Republican Action Against Drugs. | The faction comprises members of the Real IRA, independent dissident republican units in areas such as East Tyrone and the Derry-based Republican Action Against Drugs. |
| In a statement to the Guardian during the summer the grouping of paramilitary organisations said it was uniting to form a new IRA. | In a statement to the Guardian during the summer the grouping of paramilitary organisations said it was uniting to form a new IRA. |
| Black, 52, died after his car was riddled with bullets during an ambush along the M1 motorway near Portadown on 1 November. He had been driving to work at Maghaberry prison. | Black, 52, died after his car was riddled with bullets during an ambush along the M1 motorway near Portadown on 1 November. He had been driving to work at Maghaberry prison. |
| During his funeral last week, near his home in Cookstown, County Tyrone, a Presbyterian minister said the prison officer had been a "man of peace". | During his funeral last week, near his home in Cookstown, County Tyrone, a Presbyterian minister said the prison officer had been a "man of peace". |
| At the time of the murder republican sources indicated that the new IRA was responsible for the fatal shooting. | At the time of the murder republican sources indicated that the new IRA was responsible for the fatal shooting. |
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