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9 January 2013
Bullets sent to journalist and politician in Northern Ireland
Source:
Index on Censorship
Bullets
were sent to a journalist and politician in Northern Ireland this weekend, as tensions continue to rise over a controversial decision last month to only fly the Union flag over Belfast City Hall on specific days rather than year-round.
Local police
intercepted a letter with a bullet intended for a Belfast-based journalist who had reported on loyalist protests. A bullet and sympathy card addressed to Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) assembly member Patsy McGlone were also intercepted by Royal Mail over the weekend. Last month
a pipe bomb was planted outside of the home of a Northern Ireland press photographer.
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