Shootings in Northern Ireland

(12 Aug 09 - RV) The Police Service of Northern Ireland today accused Irish Republican Army dissidents of shooting two men in the legs in the town of Derry.

Local clergy and Derry's former mayor  accused IRA dissidents of trying to fill a power
vacuum left behind by the demilitarization of the official IRA.

For decades the paramilitary organization crippled common criminals in so-called «punishment attacks».

Part of the Northern Irish peace process was the establishment of a new police force in the region.

Belfast-based policy analyst Robin Wilson told Charled Collins that despite the recent violence, this reform has been a success...