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I
would like to start of by saying that I am in no way
condoning the actions of certain individuals that
are responsible for the death of Gerad Devlin. I,
like many others in the community, think that it is
shameful and disgusting that an unarmed man was attacked
by up to 5 men with knives and other weapons.
Like
everybody else, I am also only too aware that this
hasn't just happened out of the blue, as it's been
years in the making. As a witness the first time around
when "Dev" had his throat slit, it came
as no surprise to me that somebody was going to end
up dead. I urge those responsible for the death to
come forward and hand themselves in, for more than
one reason as there are members of the Notorantonio
family that took no part and had nothing to do with
the "feud" that have had their homes petrol
bombed and have been made to leave their family homes.
Business have been attacked and disgustingly enough
dogs belonging to members of the family have been
slain.
When
the family left their homes after being asked to,
they were still petrol bombed. I dont agree with this
but I do understand it as tensions and emotions do
run high. It is now Wednesday night and there is still
houses being burnt. I put out all my sympathys to
the Loughran and the Devlin families, as anyone with
any morals or conscience would. I'm just asking for
a calm in Ballymurphy now as it is starting to look
like Beirut once night falls. The community once again
is falling apart.
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