McGuinness 'surprised' by IRA offer to shoot suspects

Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness has said he was surprised by the Provisional IRA's offer to shoot those it believes responsible for the murder of Belfast man Robert McCartney.

Mr McGuinness also said today that he would not support such a move and was glad the shootings didn’t happen, but added that the offer showed the IRA “would not cover up for or protect the perpetrators of the murder”.