United Criminal Alliance group threatens to kill dissidents.
THE shadowy criminal alliance that claims to have killed Real IRA man ‘Fat’ Deccy Smith has warned republicans in Limerick: “We’re coming for you.”
In a statement given exclusively to The Star, the so-called United Criminal Alliance (UCA) last night claimed Continuity IRA thugs had teamed up with former associates of slain Real IRA boss Alan Ryan (28) to target criminals in Dublin.
The UCA — set up four years ago to counter republican extortion rackets against criminals — said this latest development is something it would not tolerate.
Attention
The UCA has claimed responsibility for the killing of Deccy Smith (32), a Real IRA leader who died a fortnight ago today — a week after being gunned down in north Dublin.
Now, with Smith dead, the group says it is turning its attention to republicans in Limerick.
The UCA statement said: “It has come to our attention that members of the Alan Ryan gang are now working with a Limerick gang styling itself Continuity IRA, which threatened Dublin criminals.
“We will be pursuing the extortionists no matter where they try and hide themselves.
“We want no more excuses — you have five working days to hand the extortionists over to us or face the inevitable consequences. There will be no intimidation by the Limerick gang.”
