Loyalists in death threat to Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox

Get our free View from Westminster email

Please enter a valid email address

Please enter a valid email address

SIGN UP

I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy

Police told him of the danger posed by a splinter paramilitary group called the Orange Volunteers.

The same organisation made similar threats to Sinn Fein junior minister in the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister (OFMDFM) Gerry Kelly and Education Minister Caitriona Ruane earlier last week.

A spokesman for Sinn Fein said: "This latest threat comes on the back of other threats against senior party figures...while Gerry Adams will take this threat seriously it won't deter him from carrying out his work as an elected representative."

The Orange Volunteers emerged following the signing of the Good Friday Agreement and vowed to target republican prisoners released early following the peace accord.

Source: The Belfast Telegraph