ANOTHER CHURCH BOMBING.
Sunday, September 15, 1963, the 50th. Anniversary of the notorious Ku Klux Kan bombing of the16th. Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Four African-American girls were killed in one of the most evil incidents in the Civil Rights struggle.
As if to remind the world of similar hatred and racism, the Northern Ireland vesrsion of the Ku Klux Klan bombed a Catholic Church on September 15th in Belfast.
See the story below from the News Letter ( Belfast)
Church Bombed in Belfast
News Letter( Belfast). Monday, September 16, 2013
A Catholic church has sustained scorch damage during a suspected arson attack in North Belfast.
Marking on the door and side of St Mary's on the Shore Road suggested a petrol bomb had been thrown and there was evidence a paint bomb had been hurled at brickwork, police said.
Sinn Fein Cllr Gerry O'Reilly said it was the latest in a series of attacks.
"Last night's fire bomb attack on St Mary's on the Shore Road was despicable and completely sectarian," he added.
Petrol and bottles were recovered nearby.
The representative said: "I'm calling for those within unionism to stand shoulder to shoulder with St Mary's parishioners and use whatever influence they have to end the attacks.
"Local people are very upset at this latest attack. There is no justification for such attacks on any place of worship."