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RAAD ammette responsabilità in ferimenti di Creggan

RAAD admit Creggan shootings

DerryA Derry man abducted from his home at gunpoint by vigilantes says he thought he was going to be shot dead.
Vigilante group Republican Action Against Drugs (RAAD) yesterday claimed responsibility for a double shooting which took place in Creggan on Friday night.

Two men, aged 29 and 27, were both shot once in the leg behind shops at Central Drive.

It has emerged that the group abducted the men from their homes at 6pm before driving them to the Creggan shops where they were shot.

In a statement to the ‘Journal’, RAAD warned that it will “decide when, where and how to take action” against alleged drug dealers.

Speaking to the ‘Journal’ last night from his hospital bed, one of men who was shot, an unemployed father of three, said: “They were obviously watching my house. I had only returned 30 minutes earlier when the buzzer sounded. I shouted. When no one replied, I went to see who it was.”

The man – who does not want to be identified – added: “When I opened the door, I had a handgun put to my head by a masked man and was told to get in a van. There was three or four people in the van – all of them were masked.

“I thought they had come to kill me. I then had a hood put over my head. I really thought I was going to die. I was in fear for my life.”

“They then put the two of us up against a wall and called us drug dealing b******s. They said they had been ‘watching us’ and ‘this is what happens to drug dealers’ and shot us. The next thing I knew, I was in the hospital.”

Admitting that he had been involved in dealing some ‘dodgy merchandise’, the man said he hoped to be out of hospital for Christmas and that he just wanted to lead a quiet life from now on.

“These boys seem to know everything about me. They must have been watching me for a while. Obviously, we didn’t go forward when they gave an amnesty so they took swift action against me. I just hope and pray it is all over and I would advise anyone involved in dealing to knock it on the head.”

“Regarding the comments of PSNI duo, Burrows and Yates, RAAD decide when, where and how to take action.”

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René Querin

Di professione grafico e web designer, sono appassionato di trekking e innamorato dell'Irlanda e della sua storia. Insieme ad Andrea Varacalli ho creato e gestisco Les Enfants Terribles.

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