The leaders of the IRA came to the funeral of slain militants police.

KommentariiVnov on the path voyny09.03.2009Boeviki "Real IRA attack on British soldatRukovodstvo party, Sinn Fein" (Sinn Fein, the political wing of Irish Republican Army) on March 13, attended the funeral of police officer Stephen Carroll, said The Independent.
Carroll was killed March 9 in the suburbs of Belfast. Responsibility for a crime committed by the organization "successive Irish Republican Army."
As the edition is the first time that members of Sinn Fein "to come to the funeral of the victims of the IRA. According to a representative of John O'Dauda (John O'Dowd), Constable Carroll helped build a new environment created by the Good Friday Agreement, which provides for the replacement of the British security forces the police of Northern Ireland.
He stressed that the presence of "Sinn Fein" at the funeral is an act of respect and sign of unity.
For its part, the priest Stevenson Canon (Canon Stevenson), conducted the service, said that the murder of Carroll and the attack on a military base "Messerin" that occurred two days earlier, was an attempt to destabilize the peace process. However, he said, thanks to the determination of ordinary people the efforts of terrorists will not bear fruit.
The priest stressed that the murder of a police officer will not give Northern Ireland "to plunge into the troubled past." Cohesion people can not be stopped. Today is a day of peace ", - he said.
As noted by The Independent, the city church Benbridzh (Banbridge), in which the memorial service was held, could not accommodate all who came. In addition, the service, people paid tribute to the police and killed in "Messerine two soldiers three minutes of silence.
An attack on a military base on 7 March. Militants fired four soldiers when they left the base in order to pick up pizza. Two soldiers - sappers, Mark and Quincy Patrick Azimka - were killed. The responsibility for this crime has taken the group "This IRA. Quincy and Azimka became the first in 1997 by British soldiers, killed by the IRA.
Two days later, the city Kreygavon was killed by Steven Carroll. Police together with partner arrived on a call. When they came out of the car, they opened fire. From wounds in the head by Carroll died. He served in the so-called Northern Ireland Police (Police Service of Northern Ireland, PSNI) - the structure that had come to replace the Royal Ulster Police. Carroll became the first officer PSNI, killed militants.