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A new unnamed loyalist terror group has threatened members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and the Parades Commission in a potentially dangerous twist to Ulster’s turbulent marching season.A new unnamed loyalist terror group has threatened members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and the Parades Commission in a potentially dangerous twist to Ulster’s turbulent marching season.
After clashes on Monday night between police and loyalists angered over the ban on an Orange Order parade in north Belfast, the group issued a statement to the local Photopress agency in the city. After clashes on Monday night between police and loyalists angered over the ban on an Orange Order parade in north Belfast, the group issued a statement to a local news agency in the city.
It said: “In the light of what has happened in north Belfast today we have no other option but to issue this statement. After today’s brutal assault upon the PUL [Protestant Unionist Loyalist] community and the random firing of baton rounds aimed to seriously injure our people we are left with no other option but to announce the PSNI and Parades Commission are legitimate targets.It said: “In the light of what has happened in north Belfast today we have no other option but to issue this statement. After today’s brutal assault upon the PUL [Protestant Unionist Loyalist] community and the random firing of baton rounds aimed to seriously injure our people we are left with no other option but to announce the PSNI and Parades Commission are legitimate targets.
“We do not want to take this course of action but our people have suffered enough over the last few years and we as disengaged and disgruntled loyalists feel like the time has come for us to take action. No Surrender.”“We do not want to take this course of action but our people have suffered enough over the last few years and we as disengaged and disgruntled loyalists feel like the time has come for us to take action. No Surrender.”
The statement was accompanied by a photograph of three people wearing masks and camouflage-style clothing sitting at a table on which appear to be two revolvers, a machine gun and a self-loading rifle that was standard issue in the British Army until the 1990s.The statement was accompanied by a photograph of three people wearing masks and camouflage-style clothing sitting at a table on which appear to be two revolvers, a machine gun and a self-loading rifle that was standard issue in the British Army until the 1990s.
Mainstream loyalist paramilitary sources have yet to verify if this group is connected to them but the PSNI has been made aware of the statement.Mainstream loyalist paramilitary sources have yet to verify if this group is connected to them but the PSNI has been made aware of the statement.
The statement and photograph were released just hours after disorder broke out on the Crumlin and Woodvale Roads when police prevented an Orange Order “feeder” parade from returning to its home base in Ligoniel in the north of the city.The statement and photograph were released just hours after disorder broke out on the Crumlin and Woodvale Roads when police prevented an Orange Order “feeder” parade from returning to its home base in Ligoniel in the north of the city.
The targeting of PSNI officers and civilians who serve on the Parades Commission – the body that rules on controversial parades in the region – would mark a serious escalation of the disputes connected to the marching season.The targeting of PSNI officers and civilians who serve on the Parades Commission – the body that rules on controversial parades in the region – would mark a serious escalation of the disputes connected to the marching season.
Earlier it was confirmed that 24 police officers were injured, including a number who were trying to rescue a girl from underneath a car, during Monday night’s disorder.Earlier it was confirmed that 24 police officers were injured, including a number who were trying to rescue a girl from underneath a car, during Monday night’s disorder.
The PSNI later confirmed that a man has been charged with murder in connection to the incident involving a car crashing on the Crumlin Road and a 16-year-old girl sustaining serious injuries.The PSNI later confirmed that a man has been charged with murder in connection to the incident involving a car crashing on the Crumlin Road and a 16-year-old girl sustaining serious injuries.
The police also said that nine people have been arrested with charges connected to the loyalist rioting on the Woodvale and Crumlin Roads.The police also said that nine people have been arrested with charges connected to the loyalist rioting on the Woodvale and Crumlin Roads.