The ages-old sectarian tension behind 'The Troubles' has resurfaced in Northern Ireland following the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union.
"We stand united in our outright condemnation of this attack… There is absolutely no tolerance for such attacks by the enemies of our peace," the statement said.
Irish unionists are predominantly Protestant. They want Northern Ireland's existing close ties with Great Britain to remain in-tact. Nationalists are largely Catholic, and they want the North to forge closer ties with the Republic of Ireland, which gained independence from British rule in 1921. The attack on Caldwell has fueled long-simmering fears of a possible return to the dark period of sectarian conflict commonly known as"The Troubles," which consumed Northern Ireland for three decades and claimed more than 3,000 lives.
The conflict was defined by entrenched sectarian violence between Catholic nationalist paramilitary group the Irish Republican Army , and Protestant paramilitary groups, the Ulster Volunteer Force and the Ulster Defence Association.the site of the deadliest attack of the Troubles eraAn Aug. 15, 1998 file photo shows Royal Ulster Constabulary Police officers standing on Market Street, the scene of a car bombing in the center of Omagh, Co Tyrone, 72 miles west of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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