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15/02/2002
Postal workers in Derry receive death threats
Death threats from a previously unheard of loyalist paramilitary group have again disrupted some postal services in Derry city.
The threat came in the form of a letter signed by 'Waterside Young Loyalists' warning 11 Royal Mail workers not to enter the predominantly Protestant Waterside area of the city.
Six Catholic and five Protestant members of staff were named in the letter, which was received two weeks ago but only came to light on Friday February 15.
A spokesman for Royal Mail said it has received assurances that the letter was a hoax. However he added some of their workers were concerned at the threat and that some of their services would be disrupted on Friday afternoon.
Meanwhile the police say they have never heard of the group who allegedly signed the threat.
In the absence of any further information, a police spokesperson said, they believed the letter was most likely a hoax.
(AMcE)
The threat came in the form of a letter signed by 'Waterside Young Loyalists' warning 11 Royal Mail workers not to enter the predominantly Protestant Waterside area of the city.
Six Catholic and five Protestant members of staff were named in the letter, which was received two weeks ago but only came to light on Friday February 15.
A spokesman for Royal Mail said it has received assurances that the letter was a hoax. However he added some of their workers were concerned at the threat and that some of their services would be disrupted on Friday afternoon.
Meanwhile the police say they have never heard of the group who allegedly signed the threat.
In the absence of any further information, a police spokesperson said, they believed the letter was most likely a hoax.
(AMcE)
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