§ Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the incidents in Belfast on Monday, 17th April, at 9.30 p.m., when shots were fired from Divis Flats towards Percy Street, and 245W shots were fired from Summer Street towards Cliftonpark Avenue.
§ Mr. David Howell:At 9.30 p.m. a burst of 17 shots was fired from the Divis Flats complex towards Percy Street. The target is not known. We have no knowledge of shots having been fired from Summer Street towards Cliftonpark Avenue but at 9.25 p.m. 10 shots were fired at an army mobile patrol in Cliftonpark Avenue from the direction of Oldpark Road Crumlin Road junction. The army returned one shot.
§ Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the incident in Belfast on Monday, 17th April, at 9.38 p.m., when automatic gunfire occurred in the Joanmount Gardens area.
§ Mr. David Howell:We have no knowledge of shots having been fired there at this time.
§ Mr. David Howell:We have no know-edge of any shots having been fired at Musgrave Street Police Station at that time. Mr. Stratton Mills asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the incident in Belfast on Monday, 17th April, at 9.39 p.m., when shots were fired at the staff of the Crumlin Road picture house from Century Street and Tasmania Street.
§ Mr. David Howell:Security forces have no record of shots having been fired at the staff of the Crumlin Road picture house from either Century Street or Tasmania Street, but the Army reported that at 9.26 p.m. 10 shots were fired at a mobile patrol in Crumlin Road from Agnes Street.
§ Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the incident in Belfast on Monday, 17th April, at 9.40 p.m., 246W when shots were fired in Ardilee Street, Oldpark.
§ Mr. David Howell:At 9.40 p.m. five shots were fired from Ardilea Street. It is thought that they were fired at an army "Sanger" outside Oldpark RUC Station. No one was hurt and fire was not returned as the gunman was not spotted.
§ Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the incident in Belfast on Monday, 17th April, at 9.46 p.m., when shots were fired from a car in Manor Street at an old man and a girl.
§ Mr. David Howell:At 9.50 p.m. on the day in question one shot was fired at a man and a girl from a cream coloured Morris Oxford car in Manor Street. Police who went to the scene were unable to locate the vehicle and no further description was available. No injuries were sustained.
§ Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the incident in Belfast on Monday, 17th April, at 9.50 p.m., when shots were fired at Berwick Street.
§ Mr. David Howell:Two bursts of automatic fire, approximately 15 rounds in all, were fired from Brompton Gap into Berwick Road towards Alliance Avenue. The target is not known.
§ Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the incident in Belfast on Monday, 17th April, at 10.08 p.m., when shots were fired from a car in the Oldpark area.
§ Mr. David Howell:We have no knowledge of shots having been fired in this area at that time.
§ Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the incident in Belfast on Monday, 17th April, at 10.30 p.m. when shooting occurred in Oldpark Road.
§ Mr. David Howell:We have no knowledge of any shots fired at 10.30 p.m. but at 10.25 p.m. a 22 bullet was fired through a bedroom window of number 605 Crumlin Road. The source of the 247W shot is not known. There were no injuries.