Real Ulster Freedom Fighters - Timeline of Attacks

Timeline of Attacks

  • 24 July 2009: The Real UFF claimed responsibility for a pipe bomb attack on a house in Brantwood Gardens, Antrim. Five people narrowly escaped injury when the device exploded in the front garden. The house was owned by a Catholic family and was in a mixed Catholic–Protestant area.
  • 25 September 2009: The Real UFF claimed responsibility for leaving a small bomb outside a house in the Fountain Lane area of Antrim. It failed to explode.
  • 15 January 2010: The Real UFF claimed responsibility for planting two explosive devices near a community centre in Antrim that was being used by members of the Gaelic Athletic Association. Police described the devices as "crude but non-viable".
  • February 2010: The Real UFF made a death threat against the Sinn Féin MLA for North Belfast, Gerry Kelly.
  • 11 March 2010: Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams revealed he had received a death threat from the Real UFF. He was reportedly told that he was to be executed by the "Real UFF C company".
  • 13 March 2010: The Real UFF claimed responsibility for a gun attack on a house in Antrim. A shot was fired through a window, but no-one was injured in the attack.
  • 11 August 2010: The Real UFF claimed responsibility for leaving a pipe bomb on the windowsill of a house on Fir Grove Lane, Antrim. It failed to explode. The house was owned by a Catholic family.
  • 12 August 2010: The Real UFF were blamed for planting two pipe bombs ouside separate houses in Antrim. One of the bombs partially exploded, causing damage to the front of a house. Both were later defused by the British Army.
  • 6 September 2010: The Real UFF were blamed for planting a pipe bomb in the grounds of a Catholic primary school (St Comgall's) in Antrim. The bomb was found by an eight-year-old boy, who handed it to a teacher. The school was then evacuated and the bomb was defused by the British Army.
  • 1 November 2010: The Real UFF claimed responsibility for 2 pipe bomb attacks in the St James area of West Belfast, one of which exploded, the other was made safe by the British Army. They said one bomb was left at the wrong home, while the second targeted a local prominent Republican. This was the Real UFF's first attack outside County Aintrim.
  • 12 October 2011: The Real UFF claimed responsibility to planting a pipe bomb on the windowsill of a Polish couple's house in Steeple Road estate, Antrim. They claimed it was part of a "fightback" in that area. A Democratic Unionist Party council election candidate was charged with making pipe bombs related to this attack, and possibly other pipe bomb attacks committed by the Real UFF. In April 2013 he was jailed for 3 years for his role in the attack.
  • 31 July 2012: The Real UFF are believed to have been responsible for planting a pipe bomb in Steeple Road estate in South Antrim, despite never claiming responsibility for the alert. The Bomb was made safe by Army bomb experts.
  • 25 February 2013: The Real UFF claimed responsibility for exploding a blast bomb on the doorstep of a North Belfast woman. The explosion happened shortly after the woman heard a knock on her door, and the blast injured herself and her two pet dogs.

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