Direct Action Against Drugs
Direct Action Against Drugs was a vigilante group in Northern Ireland that claimed responsibility for the killing of a number of alleged drug dealers.[1] The organisation was allegedly a front name used by the Provisional IRA in claiming responsibility for the killings. It was made up of IRA active members exclusively.[2]
List of suspected DAAD attacks 1995–2001[]
- December 1995
- Martin McCrory, a small-time drug dealer killed at his home in Turf Lodge, west Belfast.[3]
- Chris Johnston (aged 38) was killed at his home off Ormeau Road, south Belfast.[3]
- Francis Collins, a former member of the IRA, was killed at his chip shop in New Lodge, Belfast.[3]
- January 1996
- Ian Lyons died 2 January 1996, one day after being shot while sitting in a parked car outside a friend's home, Conor Park, Lurgan, County Armagh.[4]
- September 1996
- Séan (John) Devlin, killed in Friendly Street, Markets, south Belfast.[4]
- February 1998
- Brendan Campbell (aged 30), a convicted drug dealer, was shot dead outside a restaurant in south Belfast.[5]
- May 1999
- Brendan Joseph Fegan (aged 24), who had been described as one of Northern Ireland's main drug dealers, was shot 16 times by two gunmen in the Hermitage Bar, Newry.[6]
- June 1999
- Paul Downey (aged 37), a suspected drug dealer from Newry, was shot dead, allegedly by DAAD.[7]
- April 2001
- Christopher O'Kane was gunned down as he returned to his home in the Currynieran estate, Derry, on 21 April 2001.[why?][citation needed]
See also[]
- Republican Action Against Drugs (RAAD)
References[]
- ^ DAAD profile, bbc.co.uk; accessed 10 February 2016.
- ^ Irish Republican Army (IRA) profile, globalsecurity.org; accessed 10 February 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1995; accessed 8 November 2007.
- ^ Jump up to: a b CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1996; accessed 8 November 2007.
- ^ CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1998; accessed 8 November 2007.
- ^ McKittrick David, (1999) Lost Lives, Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh; accessed 8 November 2007.
- ^ CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1999; accessed 8 November 2007.
Categories:
- Front organizations
- Provisional Irish Republican Army
- Vigilantes
- Illegal drug trade in the United Kingdom
- Paramilitary punishment attacks in Northern Ireland