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Sligo attack "this is community terrorism, domestic terrorism"
Sligo attack "this is community terrorism, domestic terrorism"
The brutal attack of Thomas ‘Tom’ Niland (73) during an aggravated burglary in Sligo has highlighted the vicious crimes plighting rural communities
15.42 8 Feb 2022
Sligo attack "this is community terrorism, domestic terrorism"
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The brutal attack of Thomas ‘Tom’ Niland (73) during an aggravated burglary in Sligo has highlighted the vicious crimes plighting rural communities. Tom's cousin Michael tells Andrea "there is a tremendous sense of fear - this is a sense of terror, people have been terrorised"
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