Everyone loves the Irish, except maybe the English, but if you think the streets of Dublin are filled with jolly Guinness drinkers 24/7 you’d be in for a nasty surprise.
Gangland killings have become commonplace, and many in the city are happy to turn a blind eye as long as no bystanders are hurt.
Even taking that into consideration the city is in shock following the broad daylight hit against 35-year-old Gareth Hutch, the cousin of one of Dublin’s most feared and notorious gangsters, Gerry “The Monk” Hutch.
Here’s a video that gives you an idea of what went down:
The Daily Beast with the full story:
Gareth is believed to have been killed on the orders of the Kinahan gang, a Dublin crime family now based in Spain, where its boss, Christy Kinahan, is living. The Kinahan gang is said to be one of the biggest crime organizations in Europe, with deep links to the Mexican drug cartels…
The latest round of killing began when, on September 24, 2015, Gary Hutch, a [different] nephew of The Monk, was blasted to death on the Costa Del Sol. On February 5 this year, a senior member of the Kinahan gang was gunned down at a boxing weigh-in at the Regency Hotelin North Dublin by four gunmen dressed as Gardai, including one dressed as a woman officer.
Since then the Kinahans have taken bloody revenge, wiping out four members of the Hutch family in the endless feud. Tragically, a blameless father of three was also shot dead by the Kinahans in an apparent case of mistaken identity.
Little wonder, then, that Dubliners have become blasé about criminals shooting each other—but the graphic CCTV footage of yesterday’s murder meant that today’s papers all carried the story on their front page…
The Irish Times reports that up to 10 “close associates” of the Hutches are “at immediate risk as the Kinahan gang seeks retaliation for the Regency shooting.”
I think the only way to describe these gangsters is the word ‘monster’ – to show such scant regard for human life is at best the mark of a psychopath, and the fact that further hits are feared means the city of Dublin may not be so willing to turn a blind eye to this round of violence.
[source:dailybeast]
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