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Shankill bomber Sean Kelly campaigning for Sinn Fein "causing a lot of hurt and distress" for families

Political parties need to be more sensitive to the hurt caused by using convicted terrorists in their election campaigns

Political parties need to be more sensitive to the hurt caused by using convicted terrorists in their election campaigns

That's the view of Alan McBride whose wife Sharon was murdered in the Shankill bomb.

Alan has spoken out after Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald defended the Shankill bomber Sean Kelly canvassing for the party in the upcoming Westminster election.

Mr Kelly murdered 9 people in the 1993 bomb attack on a fish shop on the Shankill Road. One of the IRA bombers also died, and more than 50 people were injured.

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