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has learned that the taxi used in the shooting was found abandoned in Shannon that evening.
At least 15 shots were fired at six houses on St Ita’s Street in the St Mary’s Park estate in Limerick, at around teatime last Tuesday.
The gunman opened fire with a high powered machine gun.
The car, which had earlier been sto- len in Dublin, was found in the Cro- nan estate in Shannon, a short time after the incident in Limerick.
‘The car was subsequently techni-
cally examined and nothing of a sub- Stantial nature was found on it,” said a garda source. Gardai are trying to establish why the car was abandoned homey er beueleyee
The multiple attacks prompted widespread concern that the incident would lead to further tensions be- tween rival gangs in Limerick city.
In the immediate aftermath of the attacks, the garda commissioner an- nounced that members of the Emer- gency Response Unit would be de- ployed to the city.
“IT am asking a unit of the Emer- gency Response Unit to come here to Limerick in the next few days to take up duty here to augment the armed patrols that are already in place,” said Commissioner Fachtna Murphy.
He said the ERU would be deployed in known trouble spots in the city.