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Northern Ireland dissident terror threat hits six-year high

Source: guardian.co.uk Politics

Nov 04, 2009

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Report by International Monitoring Commission published hours after two men injured in paramilitary 'punishment shootings'

The dissident terrorist threat in Northern Ireland is at its highest for nearly six years, the body overseeing the paramilitary ceasefires said today.

The International Monitoring Commission's latest report on terror groups in Northern Ireland was published hours after two men were shot in the legs in separate so-called paramilitary punishment shootings in Derry and Belfast last night.

Both shootings were linked to republican dissident terror groups trying to build support in Catholic areas by offering the community "summary justice."

A 23-year-old man was shot five times in the legs after being dragged into a bedroom at his home in Derry while his child and other family members were present.

Five masked men, some carrying baseball bats and others guns, were involved in the attack, which happened on the Creggan estate.

A 24-year-old man was shot in the legs at his home in west Belfast.

The shootings brings the number of men shot in nationalist a

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