SF: Adams under threat from loyalists
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has been warned by police that he is under threat from loyalist paramilitaries, a party spokesman said today.
Officers went to his home in west Belfast after recovering a document believed to have been stolen from military offices at the Castlereagh security base.
The move comes after more than 50 republicans in the east of the city were alerted last night.
A Sinn Féin spokesman said: “Gerry Adams’ house has been visited this afternoon.
“He wasn’t there, but (people there) were informed his details were found on a list and a warning about his safety was given.”
The PSNI has told republicans in the nearby Short Strand area that their personal details have been discovered in the possession of loyalists and their lives may be under threat.
Sinn Féin's Alec Maskey said more than 50 people had been warned and he planned to raise the matter with the British government as a matter of urgency.
