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Former Sinn Féin leader, Gerry Adams, called for calm and challenged those responsible for attacking his Belfast home on Friday to meet him.
On Friday night, the homes of Mr. Adams and Sinn Féin activist Bobby Storey, west of Belfast, were attacked with "large industrial fire-type devices capable of cause serious damage, "according to police.
Speaking to reporters Saturday morning, the Louth Territorial Delegate urges everyone to remain calm.
million. Adams said that he did not know who was behind the "serious attack" or why he had been targeted, but he made a direct call to talk to them.
"Whoever, and I'm not the finger, let them come, let them sit on the table, or let their representatives sit on the table and explain what it is, "he said.
In the past week, there have been riots and attacks against police in the North, which, according to PSNI, was orchestrated by the dissident Republican group, the New IRA.
Everything is fine here. Nobody hurt. Thank you all texts and phone calls. Thanks to all the good neighbors, Neighborhood Watch & Sinn Féin representatives who were here very quickly.
– Gerry Adams (@GerryAdamsSF) July 14, 2018
Police are currently dealing with two incidents twice
– PSNI West Belfast (@PSNIBelfastW) July 13, 2018
Completely convict the departure of dangerous gear outside the house of Gerry Adams and others in West Belfast. Someone could have been seriously injured. The people of West Belfast are fed up with these actions and want to stop bombs and guns in our streets!
– Gerry Carroll (@GerryCarrollPBP) July 14, 2018
"There is a connection with what is going on in Derry," Adams said.
million. Adams said Sinn Féin supported Bogside residents wanting to live in peace and that party president Mary Lou McDonald sent a strong message Friday when she said that those responsible for the violence "do not act in our name "and will not be allowed to" take us back to the past. "
M. Adams said that his grandchildren, who were in the driveway of his minute home before the attack, were "all tall".
He was grateful that no one was hurt. Sinn Féin MP Gerry Kelly described the attacks as "the desperate acts of increasingly desperate and irrelevant groups"
People Before Profit West Belfast MP Gerry Carroll said: Alliance, Naomi Long, stated that targeting was a "deliberate and calculated attempt to create fear and create tension within our community"
. Investigate incidents at both addresses after reports were received of loud explosions at both locations around 10:50 pm Friday.
A PSNI spokesman said: "Officers attended and searched, and seized remnants of large industrial fireworks devices, capable of causing serious injury or injury, to two places.
"No injuries were reported, however a parked car was damaged in one of the houses."
The police would like anyone with information to contact them at Musgrave at 101 quoting reference number 1691 13/07/18, or anonymously via the Crimestoppers charity badociation on 0800 555 111.
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