Ciaran Barnes
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Sectarian leaflets put through letterboxes of homes in a new social housing development in Lisburn are being investigated by police.
Containing a logo for loyalist paramilitary group the UFF (Ulster Freedom Fighters), the letters, which are strewn with spelling and grammatical mistakes, warn: “This is loyalist Lisburn, not republican west Belfast. Anyone caught removing loyalist flags from lampposts will be dealt with.”
The homes targeted are in the Altona Drive and Altona Gardens area of Lisburn off the Hillsborough Old Road.
A PSNI spokesman said: “Police in Lisburn are aware of letters being delivered to homes in Altona Gardens and Altona Drive. The letters used threatening language and purported to be from a loyalist paramilitary organisation.
“The matter is being investigated and officers would ask anyone with any information about the incident or who may be able to help with the investigation.”
Last year a new £16m mixed-use development was opened in Altona by housing association Choice. It consists of 30 three-bedroom homes, 46 two-bedroom properties and three four-bedroom houses.
A further 11 properties have been specially designed for disabled tenants and are made up of three houses, two bungalows and six apartments.
The UFF leaflets were placed through several letterboxes in the development earlier in the week.
They read: “This is a (sic) area controlled by loyalist paramilitaries under are (sic) rules beware you don’t mouth about the streets in are (sic) areas fight over children and think your (sic) in your own west Belfast area this will not happen. Beware who you open your mouth to you could be next.”
Some of the residents targeted took to social media to condemn the threats, writing: “To the faceless cowards who are posting these leaflets to residents in Altona Drive and Altona Gardens in Lisburn, these will not intimidate us.
“We don’t need a community representative. Stay out of Altona, you are not welcome. This is a mixed area, not a loyalist area.
“Anymore intimidation of residents in Altona Drive/Gardens you will be reported to the police along with your photographs.”
UDA sources in Lisburn denied the leaflets were the work of the paramilitary gang, blaming them instead on a handful of “clowns”.
“The UDA in Lisburn is involved in positive community work through the Resurgam Trust charity, it isn’t intimidating anyone from their homes,” said an insider.
“The organisation definitely wasn’t behind these leaflets and anyone who got one put through their door should contact the police. You can see from reading them that they were put together by a bunch of clowns.”
However, our source did concede that there could be problems in the run-up to the bonfire season as loyalist flags have been placed on lampposts in the new religiously-mixed Altona development.
“Obviously we aren’t against that, but any flags that do go up in Lisburn will not be paramilitary — they’ll be Union, Ulster or Orange Order banners,” said the veteran UDA member.
Anyone with information on the threatening leaflets have been asked to call the PSNI in Lisburn on the non-emergency number 101, quoting reference number 1199 19/03/25, or the Crimestoppers charity anonymously on 0800 555 111.
by Browns_right_foot
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Absolute ballbags, how is this normal in this day and age. People don’t want these scum. Also, UDA sources and positive community work? Fuck off.
U.F.F not happy about being one of our satellite suburbs.
Unlucky.
Like I said in the other thread, if you’re not from Belfast, you’re a culchie.
Wallace Park is shite and yer da’s all drive reeky Boras and John Deeres.
They where strewn with gramatical and spelling mistakes? who do they think they are, reddit mods? Your going to have to do better than that, this is dispicable I hope the perpatraters are caught and a hefty fine, disgusting.
Take the flags down and arrest the terrorist arse holes.
No surprise with the spelling and grammatical errors either.
“strewn with spelling and grammatical mistakes”
Is anyone actually surprised?
Hope a dealer can let us know what a bel shot is
Like the l isn’t even close to e on a keyboard….
Lisburn a sectarian hole
They haven’t gone away ya know.
Glad to see people standing up to these rats, but like the intimidation of immigrants and the reaction by community groups organising rally’s in support of immigrants, could unionist politicians or unionists in general in areas where this seems to be a common theme not organise rally’s against intimidation of catholics or is that too much to ask?
> UDA sources in Lisburn denied the leaflets were the work of the paramilitary gang, blaming them instead on a handful of “clowns” …
The two are not mutually exclusive, it should be noted.
> “The UDA in Lisburn is involved in positive community work …
lol
> However, our source did concede that there could be problems in the run-up to the bonfire season as loyalist flags have been placed on lampposts in the new religiously-mixed Altona development.
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> “Obviously we aren’t against that, but any flags that do go up in Lisburn will not be paramilitary — they’ll be Union, Ulster or Orange Order banners,” said the veteran UDA member.
Trans:
“Aye, wasnae us but dinnae touch them flegs. Them boys is right about that.”
I also like the way that they gave the last word to the UDA on this, letting them protect their good name. Right of reply, journalism at its best. (Fuck me, like.)
“Bonfire season”… Jesus wept. Is that the whole shebang and orange fest/the 12th is the crescendo?
This should be a test for the powers that be to either take control of the situation or the paramilitaries win.
There should be surveillance and anybody putting up flags immediately lifted and remanded in custody.
I know it’s a vain hope, but 50 odd years later fuck all has changed. It’s a matter of someone actually having the balls to take the fuckers on.
Paramilitaries either know how to turn off spell/grammar check or can put up with those squiggly red lines a lot better than I can.
I cant remember the last time I heard about the UFF,
Wasn’t it just a cover name for the UDA before they where proscribed?
Was there left over stationary from the 00s or something.
“Ulster Freedom Fighters”, fuckin dorks. Their letters are as threatening as a dead goldfish.
Anybody ever notice that Loyalists and Loyalists groups over use the word ‘community’, It’s as though they self-nominate themselves to speak for everybody. Could be the same for Republicans, dunno.
Fuck the Ulster Drug Association and their disgusting attempt to drag us back to the 70s.
They are no better than the Republican dissies. Throw their arses in prison, the fucking lot of them.
Loyalists. Absolutely nothing like the actual British, who they claim to be equal to.
All I see here is more proof that the rats are scared that their nest isn’t there’s anymore to shit all over.
Investigated = fuck all will be done about it
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