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Arson attacks in Tyrone and east Belfast

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Arson attacks in Tyrone and east Belfast damaged several Protestant homes, including that of Joel Patton (head of the Spirit of Drumcree) and the Mountpottinger Baptist Tabernacle. The Tabernacle attack was initially blamed on Catholics. On the 20th of April 1997, though, a spokesperson for the PUP revealed that dissident Loyalists had carried out the attack.

Source Information

Elliott, S., and W.D. Flackes, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory, 1968-1999 (Belfast, Blackstaff 1999)