Paramilitare lealista assassinato a Belfast

Bobby Moffettt, membro del Red Hand Commando, è stato ucciso a Shankill Road apparentemente come parte di una disputa interna tra lealisti

Un paramilitare lealista è stato colpito intorno a mezzogiorno a Shankill Road, Belfast.

L’uomo, conosciuto come Bobby Moffettt, sarebbe stato membro del gruppo terroristico Red Hand Commando (RHC).

Si ritiene sia stato assassinato durante una disputa interna tra i lealisti e non ci sarebbe coinvolgimento dei repubblicani.

Moffettt sarebbe stato in contrasto con l’Ulster Volunteer Force, frangia allineata ai Red Hand Commando.

L’omicidio pone domande non solo sul cessate-il-fuoco della UVF ma anche sul completamento della decommissioning (smantellamento degli arsenali, Ndt).

Loyalist paramilitary shot dead in Belfast

Red Hand Commando member Bobby Moffat killed on Shankhill Road apparently as part of internal loyalist dispute

A senior loyalist paramilitary was shot dead at midday today on the Shankhill Road in Belfast.

The man, named locally as Bobby Moffat, is understood to have been a member of the Red Hand Commando (RHC) terrorist group.

It is believed Moffat was killed as part of an internal loyalist dispute and there was no Republican involvement.

Moffat is thought to have been in dispute with the RHC-aligned Ulster Volunteer Force.

The killing will prompt questions about the status not only of the UVF ceasefire but its claim earlier this year to have decommissioned its weapons.