Middleton condemns death threats issued by armed and masked men

Foyle DUP MLA Gary Middleton has condemned the appearance of masked and armed gunmen in a Co Derry village at the weekend.

Three uniformed and masked men, at least one of them carrying a gun, issued death threats to drug dealers when appeared on the edge of Park village on Friday night

After posing for photographs and firing three shots into the air one the men, who claimed to be from the dissident republican group Óglaigh na h-Eireann, read out a statement warning people described as “drug dealers” to come forward to the group within two weeks or they would be killed.

DUP MLA Gary Middleton condemned the incident.

He said: "There is no place in our society for terrorist style activity.

“The people of Park village, or anywhere in Northern Ireland, do not want to see people taking the law into their own hands.

“There has been much good work done on a cross community basis in the Park village area. We must ensure that we do not allow the evil within our society to divide our communities and create an atmosphere of fear and intimidation.”

Mr Middleton concluded: “I would call on anyone with any information to bring it forward to the PSNI."