Northern Ireland marks a major peace milestone as police warn of violence
Police have warned that armed dissident groups are planning violent attacks over the Easter holiday weekend asU.S. President Joe Biden is due to visit Belfast next week as Northern Ireland commemorates the signing of theon April 10, 1998. The U.S.-brokered deal got Irish republican and British loyalist paramilitary groups to lay down their arms and setup a power-sharing government for Northern Ireland.
Police Chief Constable Simon Byrne said police officers, military personnel and prison staff, and their families, were the dissidents’ main targets. Key players in the talks that led to the peace accord gathered at Stormont, the seat of the mothballed assembly, on Friday for a ceremony to mark the anniversary.Gerry Adams, former leader of the IRA-linked party Sinn Fein, said the 1988 agreement had saved “countless” lives.Click to share quote on Twitter: "We're all in a better place and despite current challenges, the future is bright," Adams said.
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