The Five Demands

Ennesimo tentativo di demolire le Orange Halls nell’area fa impennare la tensione settaria
Di Flavio Bacci

Rappresaglia su rappresaglia in North Antrim: Rasharkin e il settarismo rurale sta aprendo un nuovo fronte di scontro tra le enclavi.
Ieri pomeriggio, proprio a Ballymoney, l’Orange Hall del centro ha subito un altro attacco. Stavolta con un trattore; è stata sfondata violentemente la porta e danneggiati gli arredi interni.
Merito forse di un coordinamento su scala regionale, un altro attacco nello stesso stile è stato eseguito a Rasharkin.
La polizia sta investigando su quelli che sembrerebbero gli ennesimi attacchi settari, collegando i due episodi e inquadrandoli nella cornice di violenza che sta investendo il Nord Irlanda da diversi giorni.
E nella settimana in cui le forze di polizia hanno inaugurato un approccio più inflessibile verso questi episodi, un consigliere locale del maggiore partito protestante, il Democratic Unionist Party, ha fatto brillare che: ” questa aggressione invia un messaggio molto negativo alla locale comunità protestante, siamo certi di una campagna repubblicana”. Come per dire che la fiducia reciproca con la comunità cattolica non è gratutita.

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Possible link to tractor attacks (BBC News Northern Ireland)
Police are investigating the possibility that a tractor was used in two separate attacks on Orange halls in County Antrim within 24 hours.
At 1710 on Saturday, it was reported a tractor may have been used to force open a door at a hall in Ballymoney.
Drums and furniture inside the building on Bravallan Road were also damaged.
Police said it may be linked to an earlier attack in Rasharkin during which a wall was knocked down outside Granagh Independent Orange Hall.
The front door of the building on Mullan Road was also damaged in the incident.
Local DUP councillor John Finlay said the Rasharkin attack was carried out by “sick individuals” in an attempt “to stir sectarian tensions” in the area.
“The use of a large mechanical device demonstrates their desire to knock the hall down.
“This sends out a very negative message to Protestants in the area,” he said.
There have been a number of sectarian attacks on property belonging to both the Orange Order and the Ancient Order of Hibernians in the vicinity in recent months.

Antrim Orange Hall attacked with tractor (Belfast Telegraph)
Police in the North are investigating an attack on an Orange Hall in Ballymoney, Co. Antrim.
It’s believed the hall may have been attacked with a tractor. The door was forced in and damage was caused to drums, tables and chairs. It happened at around 5pm yesterday evening.
The PSNI is treating the incident as sectarian and is investigating a possible link to another attack on an Orange hall in Rasharkin.

Tractor may have been used in Orange Hall attack (NewsLetter)
Police investigating an attack on an Orange Hall in Co Antrim this morning, say a tractor may have been used to cause destruction.
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A large boundary wall outside the hall in Rasharkin, which has been repeatedly targeted in recent months, was knocked over.
Police say they believe a tractor may have been used to cause the damage to the wall. The front door of the Orange Hall was also damaged in the early morning attack.
A PSNI spokesperson said a larger than normal number of people were in the area at the time.