Ex-soldiers condemn ‘Real UVF’ threat
FORMER UDR soldiers who are living under death threat from dissident republicans in the mid-Ulster area have called for a group calling itself the Real UVF to withdraw their threat against republicans.
Earlier this week, it was revealed that the so-called Real UVF was prepared to target republicans if former UDR soldiers are attacked.
In a letter sent to the Mid-Ulster Mail, along with a bullet, the group vowed to “respond to IRA threats upon ex-UDR”.
UUP councillor Trevor Wilson said: “The former UDR soldiers have told me that the threat issued this week by the Real UVF should be withdrawn immediately.
“They went on to say that the threat serves no useful purpose and they totally condemn it as they do not wish to see others suffering in the same way their own families are now suffering.”
Last month, the News Letter revealed that more than 15 members of the now-disbanded UDR who live in the Cookstown and Magherafelt areas have received notification from the police that they are under death threat from dissident republicans.
