Sinn Féin councillor drives van with suspect bomb to safety

Wolfe Tone

A Sinn Fein councillor risked his life last night to drive a suspected bomb from a busy garage forecourt just yards from where a group of children were playing football.

Magherafelt councillor Peter Bateson bravely acted when he was told by local people that there was a suspected pipe-bomb which was believed to be strapped to a work van in Toomebridge, last night.

The Sinn Fein man, who lives nearby, arrived at the scene at Blackpark Road before the PSNI and tried to move people away from the scene.

Dozens of children were playing football at a Sean O’Leary’s GAA field which is situated just yards from where the work van was parked.

The alert was raised after a local man noticed that a pipe bomb-like device was strapped to the windscreen wiper of his work vehicle.

It is understood the man had just driven the vehicle from the Markets area of Belfast to the Blackpark Road where he had stopped at a local garage.

It was only when the man had come out of an adjacent shop that he then noticed the suspected pipe bomb which was stuck to the window of the vehicle.

Mr Bateson said he had decided to move the van because of his concerns surrounding the safety of both the local children and residents of the area.

He said: “There were a lot of children and other people milling around the area so I decided the best thing I could do was get it out of the area.

“There is a football field nearby and there was maybe 40 or 50 children playing there.

“People were starting to gather and were curious.

“The van had been driven from Belfast so I reckoned another 500 yards would not make much of a difference.

“I then drove the van to a bit of waste ground close to a construction site just up the road,” he added.

“It seems that this device was attached in the Markets area rather than at the garage where the local man stopped.

“At this stage it is difficult to know what was behind it,” Mr Bateson added.



Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/sinn-fein-councillor-drives-van-with-suspect-bomb-to-safety-15137208.html#ixzz1IejpXDtC

Fair play to this man, takes some balls to get into a van and drive it with a bomb strapped to it! What would you have done? kudos to Peter Bateson for taking the initiative to ensure the safety of those nearby.


Apparently there was a pile of stuff on the dashboard which is why the driver didn't see the bomb until he got out at the petrol station.

LordSutch

How times change :cool:

Saila

the ironing

biko

Of all the places to put the bomb? The wind shield wiper? Really?
Did they think he wouldn't notice?

Degag

Probably knew from experience that it wasn't a pipe bomb!

prinz

Fair play if it was all above aboard. Forgive me if I have some doubts.

Coriolanus

Sounds like a pr stunt. Just watch, jerry will save some kid from a kneecapping next.

Wolfe Tone

I wonder how many people will try and twist this in some way to have a go at SF?

FlutterinBantam

prinz wrote: »

Fair play if it was all above aboard. Forgive me if I have some doubts.

I have no doubts.

This is another attempt to publicise Sinn Fein,a rather poor and blatant Sinn Fein propaganda exercise.

I would treat it as such and ignore it.

mikom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L90BduGKuTo

pow wow

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

I wonder how many people will try and twist this in some way to have a go at SF?

Still thinking about it. Fair play to him though if the story is legit.

Super-Rush

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

I wonder how many people will try and twist this in some way to have a go at SF?

That depends on how hard you push your pro SF agenda.

bonerm

Fair play to him. At least he did the correct thing and left the job to the experts.

Wolfe Tone

super-rush wrote: »

That depends on how hard you push your pro SF agenda.

:rolleyes:

Super-Rush

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

:rolleyes:

Wonderful contribution.

Well done.

Wolfe Tone

super-rush wrote: »

Wonderful contribution.

Well done.

Thanks, I think I will print it out and stick it on the wall. :pac:

problemchimp

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

I wonder how many people will try and twist this in some way to have a go at SF?

I'm sure there will be many. I take the story for what it is so fair fuucks to him for doing the right thing.

Dyr

Irish Independent headline tomorrow: SF councillor steals van to plant bomb

Yitzhak Rabin

Is it not pretty dangerous to go moving the bomb? What if by getting in the van and driving the van caused it to go off? He probably should have waited for the bomb squad.

I'm sure his intentions were good and fair play for what he thought was a selfless act, but it was the wrong thing to do imo.

Contra Proferentem

Assuming it's accurate, well done. Credit where and when credit is due.

problemchimp

super-rush wrote: »

Wonderful contribution.

Well done.

And you're contribution is? Oh I see you don't have one, maybe just an agenda.

mikemac

The Contender with Jeff Bridges was an excellent film

A Governor secretly pays a women to crash a car into a lake. He dives in and attempts to rescue her and is hailed a hero

Just what I thought of reading this thread

Saila

yekahS wrote: »

Is it not pretty dangerous to go moving the bomb? What if by getting in the van and driving the van caused it to go off? He probably should have waited for the bomb squad.

I'm sure his intentions were good and fair play for what he thought was a selfless act, but it was the wrong thing to do imo.

he probably has a lot of experience and knew what he was doing

stovelid

His name sounds a bit Prod in fairness.

Are you sure he isn't a fifth columnist?

LordSutch

biko wrote: »

Of all the places to put the bomb? The wind shield windscreen wiper? Really?

Did they think he wouldn't notice?

Sounds like they wanted it to be found by the SF councellor?

My name is URL

Yeah, fair play to him for thinking about the safety of others but it was probably a bit foolish at the same time.

Wolfe Tone

LordSutch wrote: »

Sounds like they wanted it to be found by the SF councellor?

I take it you didnt read the article then? The van was driven a distance first.

Super-Rush

problemchimp wrote: »

And you're contribution is? Oh I see you don't have one, maybe just an agenda.

My agenda is to stop people from deliberately flaming. There was no need for the second comment that WT made. Nobody had said anything about SF or had a go at them so why mention it.

bobbysands81

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

I have no doubts.

This is another attempt to publicise Sinn Fein,a rather poor and blatant Sinn Fein propaganda exercise.

I would treat it as such and ignore it.

Congratulations on doing the exact opposite.

Wolfe Tone

super-rush wrote: »

My agenda is to stop people from deliberately flaming. There was no need for the second comment that WT made. Nobody had said anything about SF or had a go at them so why mention it.

You must have missed:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=71539079&postcount=3

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=71539093&postcount=5

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=71539181&postcount=7

etc

No biggie anyways.

Wolfe Tone

yekahS wrote: »

Is it not pretty dangerous to go moving the bomb? What if by getting in the van and driving the van caused it to go off? He probably should have waited for the bomb squad.

I'm sure his intentions were good and fair play for what he thought was a selfless act, but it was the wrong thing to do imo.

Well it had been driven a distance already, I assume he was afraid if he left it it may go off anyway.


No one was hurt thats the most important thing.

stovelid

I'd like to apologize for my earlier joke.

Perhaps the thread should come with a mini-charter to outline the correct repsonse expected from posters.

Will striking a mawkish congratulatory tone suffice?

Wolfe Tone

stovelid wrote: »

I'd like to apologize for my earlier joke.

Perhaps the thread should come with a mini-charter to outline the correct repsonse expected from posters.

Will striking a mawkish congratulatory tone suffice?

I dont give a damn what people say, I was just responding to it, and not flaming...

the_syco

Magherafelt councillor Peter Bateson bravely acted when he was told by local people that there was a suspected pipe-bomb which was believed to be strapped to a work van in Toomebridge, last night.

The Sinn Fein man, who lives nearby, arrived at the scene at Blackpark Road before the PSNI and tried to move people away from the scene.

So word of mouth went quicker than the telephone call to the police, and he arrived there before the PSNI? Well done. I do have to laugh at the way that it seemed the SF councillor was told before the PSNI.

=-=

Once the van was taken to the waste ground, was the bomb made safe by the PSNI/bomb disposal team? The article leaves that part out.

Bottle_of_Smoke

Something similar happened with a pipe bomb in Derry a few months back, I think a bus driver drove it somewhere out of the way. These yokes are highly unlikely to go off generally(and often hoaxes) but due to procedure you'd need to have the bombsquad called in and block the roads etc.

So fair play to him for bringing it to waste ground where it can be declared safe without causing mass disruption

FlutterinBantam

This thread is slipping into it's usual rut.

Blatant attempt to promote Sinn Fein.

Op taken to task and pointed out to that this stuff fools nobody

Op bleats that wasn't what he meant and tries to get everyone
dancing on the head of a pin,as tries to wriggle out of the situation.

Whilst all the time bumping up the thread to get publicity.


NOBODY IS FOOLED

fryup

prinz wrote: »

Fair play if it was all above aboard. Forgive me if I have some doubts.

me too, publicty stunt i reckon

KeithAFC

A person does the right thing or should i say a brave thing. So what if he is a Sinn Fein member. Its about time.

AskMyChocolate

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

This thread is slipping into it's usual rut.

Blatant attempt to promote Sinn Fein.

Op taken to task and pointed out to that this stuff fools nobody

Op bleats that wasn't what he meant and tries to get everyone
dancing on the head of a pin,as tries to wriggle out of the situation.

Whilst all the time bumping up the thread to get publicity.


NOBODY IS FOOLED

I would certainly doubt anybody is fooled by your blatantly cynical anti-SF agenda. I would imagine most people will keep an open mind and be hopeful that it was exactly what it appears to be, a brave selfless (if somewhat misguided) act, while maintaining a healthy scepticism.

AskMyChocolate

A Keith AFC post thanked by Wolfe Tone and Problem Chimp!:eek:

Print Screen.PRINT SCREEN. PRINT damn you...

twinQuins

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

This thread is slipping into it's usual rut.

No, you're trying (as usual) to turn this into a flame-war.

chucken1

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

A Keith AFC post thanked by Wolfe Tone and Problem Chimp!:eek:

Print Screen.PRINT SCREEN. PRINT damn you...

Isnt it brilliant!!!

FlutterinBantam

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

I would certainly doubt anybody is fooled by your blatantly cynical anti-SF agenda. I would imagine most people will keep an open mind and be hopeful that it was exactly what it appears to be, a brave selfless (if somewhat misguided) act, while maintaining a healthy scepticism.

I challenge you to find any threads started by me which are anti Sinn Fein.

You miss the whole point.

The act may be laudatory and well done to the councellor.

However it's the starting of yet another thread promoting Sinn Féin by the same poster which has me somewhat concerned.

cosmicfart

I think he actually planted the bomb there in the first place, its all a ploy to show the Shinners are good people now and have nothing to do with the RA

stovelid

chucken1 wrote: »

Isnt it brilliant!!!

It's gay and unpatriotic.

FlutterinBantam

twinQuins wrote: »

No, you're trying (as usual) to turn this into a flame-war.

Examples there poster.?

Super-Rush

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

I challenge you to find any threads started by me which are anti Sinn Fein.

You miss the whole point.

The act may be laudatory and well done to the councellor.

However it's the starting of yet another thread promoting Sinn Féin by the same poster which has me somewhat concerned.

You know the procedure if you have a problem.

sensibleken

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

A Keith AFC post thanked by Wolfe Tone and Problem Chimp!:eek:

Print Screen.PRINT SCREEN. PRINT damn you...

aww.

ebony and ivory, together in perfect harmony

ScumLord

He fixed moved the road bomb!

danbohan

KeithAFC wrote: »

A person does the right thing or should i say a brave thing. So what if he is a Sinn Fein member. Its about time.

you ok keith , ? , flu maybe?

krudler

sensibleken wrote: »

aww.

ebony and ivory, together in perfect harmony

cats and dogs...living together...total chaos!