Conference tallis::celt

1226.0. "Another attempt on Gerry Adam's life" by TALLIS::DARCY (Alpha Migration Tools) Wed Jun 16 1993 16:47

            BELFAST, Northern Ireland (UPI) -- Protestant paramilitaries launched
    a bomb attack Wednesday on the home of Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams.
            The device, believed to be a grenade, was thrown at the front door of
    Adam's home in the heart of nationalist west Belfast shortly after
    midnight.
            Minor damage was caused to the porch but Adams's wife and son who
    were in the home at the time escaped unhurt. They were reported to be
    ``badly shaken.''
            Adams was not home at the time of the blast but the organization
    issued a statement condemning the incident as another sectarian attack.
            No organization immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
            Sinn Fein Belfast councillor Alex Maskey warned party members to be
    on guard against further attacks. It was the second such incident on a
    Sinn Fein member within 24 hours and the latest in a series of attacks
    which have left 21 members dead at the hands of Protestant
    paramilitaries since 1974.
            The attacks come in the wake of a gun attack on the home of a Sinn
    Fein election agent in the village of Castlewellan, 20 miles (32 km)
    south of Belfast. Shots were fired through a window but nobody was
    injured.
            It is the second time Adams has escaped an attempt on his life. Ten
    years ago gunmen opened fire on his car in the centre of Belfast. He
    escaped with minor injuries.