The Five Demands

Secondo attacco nell’arco di un anno

Ad accorgersi dell’atto vandalico contro il Free Derry Corner, la scorsa domenica, è stato “un elettore che stava accompagnando un gruppo di turisti in giro per la città e nell’area del Bogside“, ha sottolineato il Consigliere Colin Kelly.
“Era irritato nel vedere che ancora una volta la parte anteriore del Free Derry Wall presa di mira da una serie di bombe di vernice”.
“Questa è una tendenza molto preoccupante, in quanto c’era stato un analogo attacco  solo una settimana prima dell’annuale commemorazione della Bloody Sunday“.
“L’anno scorso la parte posteriore del muro venne attaccato con delle molotov e che evava distrutto una serie di cartelloni” ha aggiunto il consigliere, definendo questi atti vandalici un “insulto alla comunità”.

Free Derry Corner attacked (Derry Journal)
A weekend paint bomb attack on Free Derry Corner has been condemned by a local councillor.
Sinn Féin councillor Colin Kelly was speaking after a number of paint bombs were thrown at the iconic Bogside wall at the weekend.
It is the second time the wall has been targeted by paint bombers since the beginning of the year.
Speaking after the latest attack, Colr. Kelly said: “I was contacted by a constituent who was taking a number of visitors to our city on a tour of the Bogside area on Sunday.
“He was angered to see that once again the front of Free Derry Wall had been targeted with a number of paint bombs.
“This is a very worrying trend, as there was an attack on the wall just a week or so before the annual Bloody Sunday commemoration weekend.
“Last year we had the petrol bombing of the notice boards at the back of the wall and destruction of a number of billboards,” he explained.
Colr. Kelly said attacks on the wall, and the notice board on its rear – which is used to highlight a range of issues – are an insult to the community.