Ulster killings up
NZPA-Reuter Belfast The Belfast police, faced with, new religious killings, have increased patrols and undercover operations in a bid to end random killings that have horrified Protestants and Catholics alike. Fifty people have been killed in Northern Ireland this year. The figures rose sharply this month. After the two latest victims were killed the police announced yesterday that they were beef-
ing up patrols, vehicle check-points, and covert work.
The killing of a Catholic in a Belfast churchyard provoked outrage on both sides of the border. The hardline Protestant priestpolitician, lan Paisley, condemned it in the same tones as'the Irish Foreign Minister, Mr Peter Barry. A Protestant paramilitary group claimed responsibility. It said it was in retaliation for the killing on Sunday of John Bingham, described by the
outlawed Irish Republican Army as responsible''for masterminding Catholic killings. V was done reeks of the foulest hypocrisy.”
The “tit for tat” killings have sparked fears among community leaders of a return to the 19705, when sectarian gangs roamed Belfast streets picking their victims at random.
Sectarian killings have dropped in the 1980 s down to 54 for the whole of last year.
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