Pubdate: Tue, 12 Oct 1999
Source: Belfast Telegraph (UK)
Copyright: 1999 Belfast Telegraph Newspapers Ltd.
Contact:  http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/
Author: Darwin Templeton, Chief Reporter

DUBLIN SECURITY ALERT OVER GANGLAND FEUD FEAR

Gardai were today still questioning two men about the murder of an INLA man,
amid fears that the terror group could launch reprisals.

Members of the crack Emergency Response Unit were placed on standby for
paramilitary suspects travelling south on a revenge mission.

Known haunts of INLA suspects were kept under surveillance in a bid to
prevent the feud from escalating.

A third man was freed after questioning last night and a file is being sent
to the DPP.

Condemning Garda "harassment", the IRSP said that one of those arrested was
a member of its Ard Comhairle, who was on a family holiday in Dublin.

Patrick Campbell (22) died of horrific injuries he received when members of
the INLA clashed with criminals at an industrial estate in West Dublin last
Wednesday.

It's thought the paramilitaries were holding criminals captive in the
warehouse and were assaulting them when more members of the gang arrived and
overpowered them.

Campbell suffered horrific injuries after being beaten with a nail-studded
club and slashed with a blade. He died later in hospital.

The INLA man will be buried from his West Belfast home on Thursday.

Police will be on the alert for any paramilitary show of strength during the
funeral.

Dublin security sources claimed that the feud, which erupted after a van was
destroyed, was linked to a struggle for control of the drugs trade.

But the IRSP denied a "turf war", claiming Campbell was an "anti-drugs
activist" who supported communities who were taking on the dealers.

"Patrick Campbell understood that the enemies of the Irish working class do
not only appear in a British uniform," a statement said.

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