The Five Demands

Successo messo a segno dal Garda nella serata di martedì 1 febbraio

Ennesimo sequestro di armi avvenuto in Repubblica per mano del Special Branch del Garda.
Questa volta ad essere scoperto è stato un deposito di armi all’interno di un’abitazione a Dublino. Le forze di polizia non hanno dubbi nell’attribuire al Real IRA la paternità di 3 pistole semi-automatiche e di componenti di ordigni ritrovati all’interno dell’edificio. Nessuna traccia di esplosivo.
I funzionari dell’Ufficio Tecnico del Garda hanno rimosso le tre pistole dalla scena per effettuare prove balistiche al fine di verificare l’eventuale utilizzo delle armi in precedenti sparatorie in città.
Le fonti di polizia hanno descritto la scoperta come “significativa”.
“Tutte queste bombe necessitavano del solo materiale esplosivo per essere pronte all’uso”
“Sono create per uno scopo che è quello di uccidere, mutilare o intimidire”.
Due uomini e una donna, tutti sulla ventina, sono attualmente detenuti presso la Blackrock Police Station, dove potrebbero essere tenuti dietro alle sbarre fino a domani sera.
Ufficiali ritengono che il ritrovamento sia legato ad una fazione Real IRA, guidati da due fratelli della periferia nord.
La band è sospettata di essere coinvolta in una serie di attività criminali a sostegno di una campagna di terrore in Irlanda del Nord, compresa l’attività di estorsione, oltre ad essere sospettata per una serie di omicidi e tentati omicidi nel corso dell’ultimo anno.

Bombs and pistols seized as gardai raid Real IRA arms depot in city house (Herald)
Bomb-making equipment has been discovered at a Dublin house being used as a major Real IRA arms depot.
Three handguns were also discovered in the haul which is believed to be linked to a major dissident extortion gang from the Donaghmede area that has gone to war with north Dublin’s major drug gangs.
The ruthless republicans have been intimidating the remnants of the gang formerly run by murdered gangster Eamon ‘The Don’ Dunne to impose a 20pc drug tax on gangs.
Notorious gangster ‘Fat’ Freddie Thompson has been stockpiling arms to counter any extortion tactics levelled at his gang by the dissidents.
Pistols
The house on Dublin’s northside was raided by gardai from the Special Branch on Tuesday evening when the discovery was made.
Investigators initially uncovered three semi-automatic pistols but further searches unearthed bomb components.
The Army ordnance experts were called in when parts for two pipe bombs were found during a more detailed search.
But the pipes, which had been capped, did not contain any explosives.
Officers from the Garda Technical Bureau have removed the three handguns from the scene for ballistic tests to determine if they had been used in previous shootings in the city.
Sources have described the discovery as “significant”.
“All these bombs needed was explosive material and they were ready for use,” the source said. “They are created for one purpose and that’s to kill, maim or intimidate.”
Two men and a woman, all in their 20s, who were detained at the scene, were still being questioned this morning at Blackrock Garda Station.
They can be held without charge until tomorrow evening.
Officers believe the find is linked to a Real IRA faction, led by two brothers from a northside suburb.
This faction is suspected of being involved in a number of criminal activities to support a terror campaign in Northern Ireland, including extortion.
They are believed to be behind a number of murders and attempted assassinations over the past year.
Wary
The violent group has already claimed responsibility for the murders of Collie Owens (34) and low level drug dealer Sean Winters (40) in Dublin last year.
A source told the Herald that any criminal who finds himself a target of the dissidents should be very wary.
“These guys mean business. This time last year very few people were aware of these guys but they have become major players,” the source said.
“These dissidents are ruthless and have no qualms about using extreme violence to exert their influence.
“They claim to be trying to rid the streets of dealers but they’re really an extortion scam to raise money for themselves and their terror campaign.”
In a chilling message last month, the gang declared that they were going to target Mark ‘Guinea Pig’ Desmond.
Desmond became a target of the gang after one of his associates became a chief suspect in the murder of a hitman used by the republican mob.
The dissident republicans are also the chief suspects in the shooting of Eamon Dunne’s close pal Brian O’Reilly last August and the failed assassination attempt on the Don’s mentor Eamonn Kelly.
Brian O’Reilly, who was a pallbearer at The Don’s funeral, was sprayed by semi-automatic fire in a pub on Saturday August 7, but miraculously escaped with his life.
One of the national leaders of the Real IRA is currently living in Tallaght, and the northside brothers are believed to be operating under his command.
Officers said the search of the Artane house was a planned stand-alone operation and was not linked directly to other garda inquiries.