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THE IRA has been accused of defying the Northern Ireland peace agreement by kidnapping and assaulting a dissident republican and being behind a spate of punishment beatings, writes Chris Ryder.
Hugh Orde, chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, yesterday blamed the terrorist group for what he called a “serious crime” uncovered by police on Friday.
Shortly after 6pm, Bobby Tohill, 44, a former republican prisoner, was kidnapped from a bar in Belfast city centre.
Tohill was found when two police officers stopped a blue van in the city centre. Four men were arrested while Tohill was taken to hospital suffering from what police said were serious injuries. He later discharged himself.
At a conference on policing in Belfast yesterday Orde said: The arrested people are connected to the Provisional IRA and we have uncovered what we say is a serious crime. What were talking about is kidnapping and abduction.
Im also clear, as we have said recently, that the punishment beatings that go on in republican areas are also carried out by the Provisional IRA. A number of operations are going on in defiance of the Belfast agreement.
February 21, 2004 at 11:41 PM in Ireland | Permalink | TrackBack (28) | Top of page | Blog Home