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| Protesters at Skainos centre, Belfast, throw missiles at Patrick Magee | Protesters at Skainos centre, Belfast, throw missiles at Patrick Magee |
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| Protesters have thrown fireworks and stones at a community centre in east Belfast where a former IRA bomber was due to give a speech. | |
| About 50 to 60 people gathered at the Skainos centre on the Newtownards Road shortly before the man responsible for the Brighton bomb, Patrick Magee arrived. | About 50 to 60 people gathered at the Skainos centre on the Newtownards Road shortly before the man responsible for the Brighton bomb, Patrick Magee arrived. |
| He, and Jo Berry, who lost her father in the bomb, went in together. | He, and Jo Berry, who lost her father in the bomb, went in together. |
| Both are taking part in a festival called: Listening to Your Enemies. | Both are taking part in a festival called: Listening to Your Enemies. |
| As Patrick Magee entered, the crowd surged forward. They shouted abuse and threw missiles at him. | As Patrick Magee entered, the crowd surged forward. They shouted abuse and threw missiles at him. |
| But there was a heavy police presence and the protesters were forced back off the premises. | But there was a heavy police presence and the protesters were forced back off the premises. |
| Earlier on Thursday, anti-republican graffiti was discovered on the Skainos building which belongs to the east Belfast Methodist mission. | Earlier on Thursday, anti-republican graffiti was discovered on the Skainos building which belongs to the east Belfast Methodist mission. |
| East Belfast community worker Jim Wilson said people were entitled to their views, but they should be expressed peacefully. | East Belfast community worker Jim Wilson said people were entitled to their views, but they should be expressed peacefully. |
| "They should do it in a proper manner if they have disagreements with the church or with anyone within loyalism," he said. | "They should do it in a proper manner if they have disagreements with the church or with anyone within loyalism," he said. |
| Rev Gary Mason, from the east Belfast mission, said: "The police were out first thing this morning and they have looked at it. | Rev Gary Mason, from the east Belfast mission, said: "The police were out first thing this morning and they have looked at it. |
| "We have video evidence as well because this is a new site so there are a number of security cameras so the folk that did that are on camera." | "We have video evidence as well because this is a new site so there are a number of security cameras so the folk that did that are on camera." |
| Patrick Magee was behind the bombing of Brighton's Grand Hotel during the Tory Park Conference in 1984. | Patrick Magee was behind the bombing of Brighton's Grand Hotel during the Tory Park Conference in 1984. |
| It killed five people and injured 34, including Lord Tebbit and his wife. The prime minister at the time, Margaret Thatcher, had a narrow escape. | It killed five people and injured 34, including Lord Tebbit and his wife. The prime minister at the time, Margaret Thatcher, had a narrow escape. |
| Jo Berry lost her father, Sir Anthony Berry, in the atrocity. She has since forgiven Magee for the attack. | Jo Berry lost her father, Sir Anthony Berry, in the atrocity. She has since forgiven Magee for the attack. |
| In recent years, Magee has been associated with projects that work with groups specialising in conflict resolution, reconciliation and victim support. | In recent years, Magee has been associated with projects that work with groups specialising in conflict resolution, reconciliation and victim support. |
| Police are investigating the Skainos graffiti incident as a hate crime. |