Ógra Shinn Féin condemn use of plastic bullets

Ógra Shinn Féin has condemned the firing of plastic bullets by the PSNI in the Short Strand area of Belfast on Monday night. At least six plastic bullets were fired during interface violence in the area.



Commenting on the use of such weapons, Ogra National PRO Marcas Ó Mhaoldomhnaigh said: “The use of plastic bullets as a means of riot control is completely unacceptable. These weapons have been directly responsible for the deaths of at least 17 people in the north of Ireland. The majority of these were children or teenagers. Plastic bullets are lethal devices and have no place in an acceptable policing service.”