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07/01/2013
SDLP Councillor's Home Attacked
Police are currently investigating an attack on the South Belfast home of an SDLP Councillor at the weekend.
Cllr Claire Hanna, her husband and baby daughter were not at home during the attack, which appears to have taken the form of shots from a high powered ball-bearing gun being fired at the front windows and door of the property.
The SDLP Balmoral Councillor said the attack showed "utter contempt" for her family.
SDLP Leader Alasdair McDonnell said unionist political leaders and those organising illegal protests needed to take full responsibility for the incident.
He said: "Claire Hanna works hard to build true reconciliation in our city. Those who attacked her home are showing contempt for democracy and her electoral mandate, and have put her young family in danger."
Unionist and loyalists have been protesting against the removal of the union flag from Belfast City Hall after the City Council voted on 3 December to fly it only on designated days, rather than all year round.
While most of the protests have been peaceful, violent attacks have been carried out on both police and party constituency offices across the political spectrum. A number of MLAs have also received death threats.
Cllr Hanna, Chair of the East Belfast Policing and Community Safety Partnership, said she would not be intimidated by what she described as fascist elements with no respect for democracy.
"The last number of weeks have been disturbing for those of us who aspire to a genuinely shared future, and to the principle that all here can be British, Irish or both as they so choose. This attack won't stop me working to promote core SDLP values of partnership, equality and mutual respect."
(IT)
Cllr Claire Hanna, her husband and baby daughter were not at home during the attack, which appears to have taken the form of shots from a high powered ball-bearing gun being fired at the front windows and door of the property.
The SDLP Balmoral Councillor said the attack showed "utter contempt" for her family.
SDLP Leader Alasdair McDonnell said unionist political leaders and those organising illegal protests needed to take full responsibility for the incident.
He said: "Claire Hanna works hard to build true reconciliation in our city. Those who attacked her home are showing contempt for democracy and her electoral mandate, and have put her young family in danger."
Unionist and loyalists have been protesting against the removal of the union flag from Belfast City Hall after the City Council voted on 3 December to fly it only on designated days, rather than all year round.
While most of the protests have been peaceful, violent attacks have been carried out on both police and party constituency offices across the political spectrum. A number of MLAs have also received death threats.
Cllr Hanna, Chair of the East Belfast Policing and Community Safety Partnership, said she would not be intimidated by what she described as fascist elements with no respect for democracy.
"The last number of weeks have been disturbing for those of us who aspire to a genuinely shared future, and to the principle that all here can be British, Irish or both as they so choose. This attack won't stop me working to promote core SDLP values of partnership, equality and mutual respect."
(IT)
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