PUP member targeted in bomb attack

A member of the Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) was targeted in a bomb attack in Belfast this weekend.

A pipe-bomb exploded at the home of Ken Wilkinson In Belfast, causing considerable damage but no injuries. Mr. Wilkinson is a spokesperson for the Pro-British PUP party. The PUP are considered the political wing of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), a loyalist deathsquad who murdered hundreds of Catholic civilians between 1969 and 2000. The group has formally been on ceasefire since 1994 however it has been blamed for a number of incidents this year including the murder of a member of a rival loyalist gang.

There has been no claim of responsibility for the attack although rival loyalist organisations are suspected.