Catholic workmen receive threats

Catholic construction workers in Derry were today put on a state of high alert amid fears of attack from Loyalist paramilitaries.

Chief Superintendent Stuart Tosh urged all workmen to be on their guard after his officers obtained intelligence that loyalists were planning to attack people from as many as 40 building sites.

The most vulnerable are believed to be those sites in Protestant areas in the city.

Patrols by members of the security forces were being stepped up today in places where construction workers were understood to be most at risk.