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Crime World
Teen target of grenade attack is ‘active participant’ in Ballymun gang feud

was as a result of shrapnel and stuff like that coming up from the cement from the path and the roadway when the grenade actually exploded.

Crime World
Teen target of grenade attack is ‘active participant’ in Ballymun gang feud

That would be the typical age profile of the protagonist involved in this.

Crime World
Teen target of grenade attack is ‘active participant’ in Ballymun gang feud

In fact, the older ones would be actually in their early 20s.

Crime World
Teen target of grenade attack is ‘active participant’ in Ballymun gang feud

So it's been kind of going on for almost two years now, but it seems to be just kind of getting worse.

Crime World
Teen target of grenade attack is ‘active participant’ in Ballymun gang feud

Yeah.

Crime World
Teen target of grenade attack is ‘active participant’ in Ballymun gang feud

As you said, it's kind of geographically based, the feud.

Crime World
Teen target of grenade attack is ‘active participant’ in Ballymun gang feud

And it's essentially a lot of it, it's about street level drugs turf.

Crime World
Teen target of grenade attack is ‘active participant’ in Ballymun gang feud

Yeah.

Crime World
Teen target of grenade attack is ‘active participant’ in Ballymun gang feud

crack cocaine, prescription tablets, and so on.

Crime World
Teen target of grenade attack is ‘active participant’ in Ballymun gang feud

All kinds of drugs, really, heroin and cannabis, but at a street level.

Crime World
Teen target of grenade attack is ‘active participant’ in Ballymun gang feud

So in terms of the two factions, they're kind of an equal amount of numbers.

Crime World
Teen target of grenade attack is ‘active participant’ in Ballymun gang feud

There's about 15 or slightly more core members on each side.

Crime World
Teen target of grenade attack is ‘active participant’ in Ballymun gang feud

And then what's described as kind of around 10 runners for these core members.

Crime World
Teen target of grenade attack is ‘active participant’ in Ballymun gang feud

So you're talking about all in all, there's about 50 members.

Crime World
Teen target of grenade attack is ‘active participant’ in Ballymun gang feud

If you take two sides, there's 50 or a bit more very young males involved in this feuding, which is actually just getting worse.

Crime World
Teen target of grenade attack is ‘active participant’ in Ballymun gang feud

Not a huge area and all of these people and their families going back before that would all know each other.

Crime World
Teen target of grenade attack is ‘active participant’ in Ballymun gang feud

Yeah.

Crime World
Teen target of grenade attack is ‘active participant’ in Ballymun gang feud

And like is what is common in all these feuds, sorry, feuds that you describe,

Crime World
Teen target of grenade attack is ‘active participant’ in Ballymun gang feud

including in Drogheda and so on.

Crime World
Teen target of grenade attack is ‘active participant’ in Ballymun gang feud

Social media is obviously playing a major role in terms of people being goaded, threats being issued and all the rest that comes with that.