Sentence examples for punishment attacks from inspiring English sources

There is no support in the community for these punishment attacks.

It called a ceasefire in 1994 but has been linked to murders, organised crime and vigilante "punishment attacks".

There are of course further struggles ahead: the monitoring of all ceasefires and the exposure of so-called punishment attacks.

In recent weeks, in West Belfast, young men have been shot in punishment attacks but they have not been willing to co-operate with the police," he said.

Sinn Féin has said that over the last six to nine months a number of young men have been shot in paramilitary punishment attacks in the area.

On January 27th Eamon Collins, a former IRA man turned informer and author, was apparently murdered.The current increase in punishment attacks is probably related to the absence of other outlets for the "men of violence".

Former Derry lord mayor Pat Ramsey described those behind the latest "punishment attack" in the city as "human rights abusers".

Loyalist paramilitaries have been blamed for shooting a 15-year-old boy in a so-called punishment attack in Northern Ireland.

Two young children clung to their father while six masked men beat him with nail-studded bars during a so-called paramilitary punishment attack in Northern Ireland.

They were later involved in a feud, and Mr McGuigan was shot several times in a so-called punishment attack.

Last month Israeli security forces were accused of making 11 Palestinians, including seven children, homeless after demolishing their homes as punishment for attacks committed by their relatives.