Dissident republicans blamed for N. Ireland army base shooting

by mudricky | March 8, 2009 at 03:33 am

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Dissident republicans, who are opposed to the peace process, are being blamed for yesterday's killing of two soldiers at an Army base in Northern Ireland.

This is the first murder of British soldiers in N. Ireland since 1997 when an IRA sniper killed Lance Bombardier Stephen Restorick.

Two gunmen started shooting using automatic rifles as Pizzas were delivered to the Massereene base in County Antrim, 16 miles north of Belfast.

There was one set of shots from the gunmen that put their victims on the ground, they then moved closer and opened fire again with a second round of shots..

Two soldiers were killed and four other males were injured and have been taken to Antrim Area Hospital about a mile from the base.

Of the four injured, one person is critical, two are in a serious condition and another is serious but stable. The pizza delivery staff were among those hurt.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, as you would expect, condemned the attacks.

He said [to the BBC]: "I think the whole country is shocked and outraged at the evil and cowardly attacks on soldiers serving their country

"We will do everything in our power to make sure that Northern Ireland is safe and secure and I assure you we will bring these murderers to justice.

"No murderer will be able to derail a peace process that has the support of the great majority of Northern Ireland."

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Shaun Woodward condemned the shooting as an “act of criminal barbarism”.

It happened just 36 hours after Northern Ireland Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde confirmed that undercover soldiers had been called in to carry out surveillance operations on dissidents amid warnings that the threat against his officers and military personnel was at its highest for almost a decade.

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