Grief, shock and condemnation follow the gun attack at the Rising Sun pub in Greysteel, County Derry
The Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) claimed responsibility for the attack on the pub in Greysteel where seven people were killed. (An eighth victim died some months later). The UFF say the attack was carried out for revenge for the Shankill Road bombing by the Provisional IRA a week earlier on 23 October 1993.
Since the Shankill Road bomb, 23 people have died including the latest 7 killed at Greysteel.
A week in which some church leaders warned the men of violence are no longer listening.
Outside the put where the attack took place, Chief Constable Sir Hugh Annesley said that Northern Ireland is at a crossroads describing the perpetrators of the attacks as psychotic killers.
Ulster Unionist Party for East Derry MP William Ross has called for the introduction of internment.
Talking to them, I think, is a complete waste of time and it will take government action and security action to deal with this matter.
Church of Ireland Bishop of Derry Dr James Mehaffey urged people to remain calm in the aftermath of the vicious, evil attacks by gunmen.
SDLP leader John Hume believes that the families of the people murdered in the Shankill Road attack would be horrified that the murder of their loved ones would be used as an excuse to do exactly the same.
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP Peter Robinson called for the cycle of violence to be broken through firm action by the UK government.
It seems like every killing is a down payment on a retaliatory action.
Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams said that the killings demanded a speedy response by both the Irish and British governments.
Northern Secretary Sir Patrick Mayhew said that all decent people will feel anger and disgust over the profoundly evil attack.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 31 October 1993. The reporter is Lorna Donlon.
