Kelly condemns north Belfast shootings

Sinn Féin MLA for north Belfast Gerry Kelly has condemned those responsible for a series of shootings in north Belfast over recent days which have seriously injured three people.

Speaking today Mr Kelly said;

“The reality is that the community here do not want these kinds of attacks carried out in their areas they simply go to paint a false picture of our areas.

It amazes me that the people who claim responsibility for these attacks, the CIRA, are portraying themselves as working on behalf of the community to remove drugs from our streets when the world know they are actively involved in peddling drugs and extorting other dealers.

Drug dealers need to be taken off our streets and put into jail.

The community in north Belfast is working to ensure we tackle the problems of anti-social behaviour, drugs and crime head-on; that we ensure we are actively holding the PSNI and other statutory agencies to account.

These kind of attacks do nothing but undermine that good work.”