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Shots fired in Derry bookies

Published Thursday, 09 February 2012

Masked gunmen have fired shots inside two bookmakers in Londonderry.

Shots have been fired inside a number of bookmakers in Derry. (© UTV)

A man fired a single shot in the Ladbrokes bookmakers on Central Drive in the Creggan area of the city at around 8.20pm on Thursday.

Ten minutes later two masked men fired a number of shots inside the Ladbrokes bookmakers on the Racecourse Road in Shantallow.

It is understood the gunmen shot up poker machines and the television and claiming to be the IRA.

No one was injured during the shootings but staff are understood to be badly shaken.

Police are appealing for anyone who witnessed suspicious behaviour in the areas to contact them.

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losers in ards wrote (103 days ago):

did these wasters lose monies on the fruit machine?bad losers?

lorna in limavady wrote (104 days ago):

John, Martin gave up his gun ages ago. I wonder if all the guns were gave in or gave away to the next set of loosers.

OldSod in Fermanagh wrote (104 days ago):

John, I am no big fan of sticking up for Sinn Fein, but if you think these people are friends with Sinn Fein, then you are mad. I could run amok on the streets of Northern Ireland pillaging in the name of the Golden Horde, but that would hardly make me a Mongol steppe horseman. These are probably members of a dissident republican faction,.... the fundamentalists of republicanism, nothing to do with constitutional republicanism (effectively what post good friday SF are today). And no, I'm not a republican, I'm a monarchist.

paddy in derry wrote (104 days ago):

a group claiming to be R.A.A.G republican action against gambling has claimed responibilite how ever i would like to pass on my condolonces to the machines involved as they where apparentley dealing

Republican in belfast wrote (104 days ago):

claiming to be from the IRA!! how stupid do these so called republicans think we are. The Ira have been on ceasefire and still are . these are people who have no care for the people of ireland

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