The former DUP Mid-Ulster MP, the Rev William McCrea has challenged the Northern Secretary to make it clear that not only will all contacts with Sinn Fein/IRA cease forthwith but that Sinn Fein/IRA will be declared an illegal organisation if they fail to condemn unreservedly "these vicious and bloodcurdling murders".
"The time has long passed for the government to stop playing games with Northern Ireland and the fight must now be taken into the known dens of republicanism by the security forces," said Mr McCrea.