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02/05/2008
IMC Blames Dissidents
On foot of their failure to pin the blame for last year's brutal killing of south Armagh man Paul Quinn on the Provisional IRA leadership, the Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC) has now insisted that a so-called 'dissident' republican group was responsible for the murder of Strabane man Andrew Burns this year.
Mr Burns' body was found with gun shot wounds near a church in Doneyloop in County Donegal in February this year.
The IMC, which reports on paramilitary activity, said Strabane members of Oglaigh na h'Eireann were "likely to have been responsible" for his murder.
They also reported that the 27-year-old had been a member of the group - which the dead man's family has since denied,
The IMC also linked the group to a failed pipe bomb attack on Strabane police station in December 2007.
It also reported that Real IRA was behind two attempts to murder off-duty policemen in Londonderry and Dungannon
(BMcC)
Mr Burns' body was found with gun shot wounds near a church in Doneyloop in County Donegal in February this year.
The IMC, which reports on paramilitary activity, said Strabane members of Oglaigh na h'Eireann were "likely to have been responsible" for his murder.
They also reported that the 27-year-old had been a member of the group - which the dead man's family has since denied,
The IMC also linked the group to a failed pipe bomb attack on Strabane police station in December 2007.
It also reported that Real IRA was behind two attempts to murder off-duty policemen in Londonderry and Dungannon
(BMcC)
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