RAAD claim Waterside gun attack
Republican Action Against Drugs (RAAD) says it was behind a gun attack on a teenager in Derry’s Waterside at the weekend.
The 17-year-old was shot in both legs after four men forced their way into a house at Virginia Court in Gobnascale at about 10 p.m. on Saturday.
Two of them confronted the 17-year-old in an upstairs bedroom and shot him twice before making their escape in a waiting car.
The group claim the teenager was “heavily involved” in anti-social behaviour in the district.
RAAD has also dismissed claims that an attack on a man in the Brandywell area earlier this month was a case of “mistaken identity.”
The group claim the man was shot after he admitted his role in the sale of various illegal substances.
Meanwhle, local MLA Pat Ramsey says the “time is long past” for the community to reject those behind recent punishment attacks in the city.
He said: “The time of kangaroo courts and medieval torture and punishment is over and it is not coming back. There is a battle on for control of our communities and the gunmen need to learn that they are not going to win it. “
