well it shows while everyone's distracted by the loyalist's life go on .
McCartney intimidation 'growing'
Mr Commander was attacked in the Short StrandRelatives of murdered man Robert McCartney say the IRA intimidation campaign against them is intensifying.
They said republicans were responsible for beating up a close friend of their murdered brother in Belfast on Monday.
About 150 people gathered outside his partner's house in east Belfast's Short Strand in support of the family.
They were also supporting their friend Jeff Commander. Sinn Fein denied republicans were responsible for attacking him and splitting his head.
His wife, Sinead, said: "They tried to murder him. They came like the Ku Klux Klan.
"They came through Clandeboye Drive when my husband and myself were walking through to go home and they attacked him.
"They tried to get him to the ground. He held onto the rails and I was with him.
"There was eight of them. One of them had a knife and if they had got him to the ground he would have come into me in a box."
Sinead Commander compared the attackers to the Ku Klux KlanRobert's sister Paula also said republicans were using the distraction of recent loyalist violence to step up their attempts to drive them out.
Mr McCartney, 33, was stabbed outside a Belfast pub in January.
His sister Paula McCartney said Jeff Commander was set upon by a group of men armed with iron bars and sewer rods.
"One of them had a knife. We firmly believe that only for the intervention of local people that knife would have been used and we would have a carbon copy of Robert's murder," she said.
'Needs to stop'
On Tuesday night, a crowd picketed the home where Robert McCartney's partner Bridgeen Hagans and her children live. The family are blaming republicans.
Sinn Fein called for an end to all intimidation of the family and the party insisted no members of the IRA were involved.
A vigil was held outside the house of Bridgeen Hagans
The party's Martin McGuinness said he would be shocked if IRA members were involved.
However, the McCartneys insisted there were republicans trying to drive members of the family out of the area - and they say it needed to be stopped.
Mr McCartney's sisters and partner have held a number of meetings with high profile politicians in their campaign for justice over the killing.
In March, they met US President George Bush at the White House in Washington.
McCartney intimidation 'growing'
Mr Commander was attacked in the Short StrandRelatives of murdered man Robert McCartney say the IRA intimidation campaign against them is intensifying.
They said republicans were responsible for beating up a close friend of their murdered brother in Belfast on Monday.
About 150 people gathered outside his partner's house in east Belfast's Short Strand in support of the family.
They were also supporting their friend Jeff Commander. Sinn Fein denied republicans were responsible for attacking him and splitting his head.
His wife, Sinead, said: "They tried to murder him. They came like the Ku Klux Klan.
"They came through Clandeboye Drive when my husband and myself were walking through to go home and they attacked him.
"They tried to get him to the ground. He held onto the rails and I was with him.
"There was eight of them. One of them had a knife and if they had got him to the ground he would have come into me in a box."
Sinead Commander compared the attackers to the Ku Klux KlanRobert's sister Paula also said republicans were using the distraction of recent loyalist violence to step up their attempts to drive them out.
Mr McCartney, 33, was stabbed outside a Belfast pub in January.
His sister Paula McCartney said Jeff Commander was set upon by a group of men armed with iron bars and sewer rods.
"One of them had a knife. We firmly believe that only for the intervention of local people that knife would have been used and we would have a carbon copy of Robert's murder," she said.
'Needs to stop'
On Tuesday night, a crowd picketed the home where Robert McCartney's partner Bridgeen Hagans and her children live. The family are blaming republicans.
Sinn Fein called for an end to all intimidation of the family and the party insisted no members of the IRA were involved.
A vigil was held outside the house of Bridgeen Hagans
The party's Martin McGuinness said he would be shocked if IRA members were involved.
However, the McCartneys insisted there were republicans trying to drive members of the family out of the area - and they say it needed to be stopped.
Mr McCartney's sisters and partner have held a number of meetings with high profile politicians in their campaign for justice over the killing.
In March, they met US President George Bush at the White House in Washington.
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