Quakers warn on verbal violence

The Northern Ireland Committee of the Quakers in Britain and Ireland yesterday expressed concern about a return to violence.

The Northern Ireland Committee of the Quakers in Britain and Ireland yesterday expressed concern about a return to violence.

They urged all parties in the North to repudiate violence including "the damaging effects of words or actions which ignore the sensitivities of others, as well as the physical violence of bomb and bullet".

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