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| A Derry teenager who turned up by appointment to be shot in both legs last year has taken his own life. | A Derry teenager who turned up by appointment to be shot in both legs last year has taken his own life. |
| Sean McFadden suffered gunshot wounds after being brought to an agreed location in the city last March to face Republican Action Against Drugs. | Sean McFadden suffered gunshot wounds after being brought to an agreed location in the city last March to face Republican Action Against Drugs. |
| The 19-year-old and his cousin were shot in the double so-called "punishment shooting." The pair were among dozens of young men in the city shot, beaten or exiled at gunpoint from the city over the last two years by the armed vigilante group. | The 19-year-old and his cousin were shot in the double so-called "punishment shooting." The pair were among dozens of young men in the city shot, beaten or exiled at gunpoint from the city over the last two years by the armed vigilante group. |
| McFadden was found dead on Sunday and will be buried later on Wednesday. | McFadden was found dead on Sunday and will be buried later on Wednesday. |
| The circumstances behind his shooting last year provoked protests in the city after it emerged that his father had been forced to take McFadden to a spot in Derry's Bogside, where his son was shot in both legs. | The circumstances behind his shooting last year provoked protests in the city after it emerged that his father had been forced to take McFadden to a spot in Derry's Bogside, where his son was shot in both legs. |
| The McFadden family said at the time they believed he had been targeted because of a "drunken row" with local republicans outside a pub in Derry's Creggan area. Neither he nor the other victim suffered serious injury in the double shooting. | The McFadden family said at the time they believed he had been targeted because of a "drunken row" with local republicans outside a pub in Derry's Creggan area. Neither he nor the other victim suffered serious injury in the double shooting. |
| The Creggan Community Collective has issued a statement expressing their condolences to the McFadden family. | The Creggan Community Collective has issued a statement expressing their condolences to the McFadden family. |
| "Again, unfortunately we have lost another person in our community, young Sean McFadden took his life at the age of 19 last night. We can't even convey our condolences with the family. It is time for our community to come together in realisation of this issue and prevent another family going through this toughest of traumas," the community group said. | "Again, unfortunately we have lost another person in our community, young Sean McFadden took his life at the age of 19 last night. We can't even convey our condolences with the family. It is time for our community to come together in realisation of this issue and prevent another family going through this toughest of traumas," the community group said. |
| Sean McFadden's family have yet to make any statement about their son's death. | Sean McFadden's family have yet to make any statement about their son's death. |
| The teenager was the grandson of Barney McFadden, who was a veteran Sinn Féin councillor from one of Derry's best known republican families. His funeral is taking place at St Mary's Church in his native Creggan. | The teenager was the grandson of Barney McFadden, who was a veteran Sinn Féin councillor from one of Derry's best known republican families. His funeral is taking place at St Mary's Church in his native Creggan. |
| Republican Action Against Drugs comprised many former IRA members who took the law into their own hands in an armed response to drug dealing in the city. However, many of their victims and their families claim that those they targeted included young men who had merely crossed senior republicans in the city, in fights in the streets or in bars. | |
| RAAD has since been dissolved, with many of its activists joining a new anti-ceasefire hardline republican alliance known as the New IRA — the main dissident republican terror group in Ireland. | RAAD has since been dissolved, with many of its activists joining a new anti-ceasefire hardline republican alliance known as the New IRA — the main dissident republican terror group in Ireland. |
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