Mayor asked to write to Thiepval Barracks soldiers to express solidarity in face of dissident threats
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Soldiers stationed in Lisburn are to receive an expression of solidarity from the council following a recent dissident republican threat.
British army reserves at Thiepval Barracks in Lisburn were banned from ordering fast food deliveries to the Magherlave Road station on January 10, 2024 due to the risk of a potential paramilitary attack.
In March 2009, Sappers Patrick Azimkar and Mark Quinsey were gunned down by two masked Real IRA gunmen outside Massereene Barracks in Antrim.
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