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15/01/2002
INLA issue death threats to Protestant workers in M&S store
A Marks & Spencer distribution centre has received a call from republican paramilitaries threatening its Protestant staff.
The Hyde Park centre at Mallusk in Newtownabbey received the threat reportedly from the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) in a recorded telephone message on Monday January 14.
The police said they were investigating the phone call and that although no code word was used, they would be taking the death threats made against workers “very seriously”. A police spokesman added that they had given security advice to management within the M&S centre.
Sinn Féin South Antrim constituency representative Councillor Martin Meehan has said the death threats against protestant workers in Mallusk are to be “deplored.”
Mr Meehan said: “Sectarianism has no place on a republican agenda. This latest threat only serves to exacerbate an already deplorable situation. If as reported the INLA are behind this development I would call on them to withdraw the threat immediately.
“Threats against workers irrespective of their religious and political outlook are to be deplored. Those responsible for issuing these will find that their actions do not have the support of republican people.” (AMcE)
The Hyde Park centre at Mallusk in Newtownabbey received the threat reportedly from the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) in a recorded telephone message on Monday January 14.
The police said they were investigating the phone call and that although no code word was used, they would be taking the death threats made against workers “very seriously”. A police spokesman added that they had given security advice to management within the M&S centre.
Sinn Féin South Antrim constituency representative Councillor Martin Meehan has said the death threats against protestant workers in Mallusk are to be “deplored.”
Mr Meehan said: “Sectarianism has no place on a republican agenda. This latest threat only serves to exacerbate an already deplorable situation. If as reported the INLA are behind this development I would call on them to withdraw the threat immediately.
“Threats against workers irrespective of their religious and political outlook are to be deplored. Those responsible for issuing these will find that their actions do not have the support of republican people.” (AMcE)
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