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Dublin weigh-in murder: Continuity IRA claims murder of David Byrne
Source: BBC
Dublin weigh-in murder: Continuity IRA claims murder of David Byrne
By Vincent Kearney
BBC News NI Home Affairs Correspondent
8 February 2016 Europe
Dissident republicans have claimed they carried out a shooting in Dublin on Friday in which a man was killed and two others wounded.
The Continuity IRA (CIRA) said it also plans to carry out further attacks "on drug dealers and criminals".
Irish police said they were "keeping an open mind in relation to the criminal groups involved".
Three of the gunmen wore police-style SWAT team uniforms and were armed with AK47 assault rifles.
The police also said at least six people were involved in the attack at a weigh-in for a boxing match.
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By Vincent Kearney
BBC News NI Home Affairs Correspondent
8 February 2016 Europe
Dissident republicans have claimed they carried out a shooting in Dublin on Friday in which a man was killed and two others wounded.
The Continuity IRA (CIRA) said it also plans to carry out further attacks "on drug dealers and criminals".
Irish police said they were "keeping an open mind in relation to the criminal groups involved".
Three of the gunmen wore police-style SWAT team uniforms and were armed with AK47 assault rifles.
The police also said at least six people were involved in the attack at a weigh-in for a boxing match.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35523444
Source: The Guardian
Dublin weigh-in murder: doubts cast on Continuity IRA's claims of responsibility
Irish security sources still believe gangland feud behind Friday’s murder of David
Byrne at the Regency hotel
Henry McDonald in Dublin
Monday 8 February 2016 13.54 GMT
Security sources in Ireland have expressed scepticism over a claim by the Continuity IRA that it carried out the attack on a boxing weigh-in at a Dublin hotel on Friday.
Gang member David Byrne was shot dead and two others were injured in the carefully planned attack at the Regency hotel, which involved six gunmen, one dressed as a woman.
In a coded statement to the BBC in Belfast, a man claiming to speak on behalf of the Continuity IRA said it had targeted Byrne and that the group would continue to go after “drug dealers and criminals”.
The man’s statement claimed Byrne was shot dead because he had been involved in the killing of Alan Ryan in Dublin four years ago. Ryan was a leading member of another dissident republican group, the Real IRA.
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Irish security sources still believe gangland feud behind Friday’s murder of David
Byrne at the Regency hotel
Henry McDonald in Dublin
Monday 8 February 2016 13.54 GMT
Security sources in Ireland have expressed scepticism over a claim by the Continuity IRA that it carried out the attack on a boxing weigh-in at a Dublin hotel on Friday.
Gang member David Byrne was shot dead and two others were injured in the carefully planned attack at the Regency hotel, which involved six gunmen, one dressed as a woman.
In a coded statement to the BBC in Belfast, a man claiming to speak on behalf of the Continuity IRA said it had targeted Byrne and that the group would continue to go after “drug dealers and criminals”.
The man’s statement claimed Byrne was shot dead because he had been involved in the killing of Alan Ryan in Dublin four years ago. Ryan was a leading member of another dissident republican group, the Real IRA.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/08/dublin-weigh-in-doubts-cast-on-continuity-iras-claims-of-responsibility
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same as it ever was
same as it ever was
