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McGuinness condemns Burns killing 15.02.08

THE North's Deputy First Minister has condemned the murderers of Andrew Burns in Donegal this week as "criminals hell bent on damaging society".
Twenty-seven year old Burns from Strabane, Co Tyrone, was shot twice in a church car park in Doneyloop on Tuesday night and his body later dumped on a roadside close to the border.
Gardai are investigating a possible link to dissident Republicans and other lines of inquiry. Mr. McGuinness said yesterday: "We face a real threat from the activities of some people within our society. It was a dastardly deed. It was carried out by people who have no regard for the community, for the government or law and order. That presents a real challenge
Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness.
to all of us.
"We have to give our wholehearted support to the Gardai and the PSNI. These people are criminals and are trying to damage our society in a way that is totally unacceptable to us as political leaders.''
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