A car belonging to loyalist flag protest chief Willie Frazer has been burnt out – hours after he received a death threat.
Police in Ulster are investigating the arson attack at Frazer’s home.
The 52-year-old has told the Irish Sun newspaper that he believes Republican dissidents are behind the threat on his life and the attack at his home.
Frazer told the paper that took a phone call at his house on Sunday morning warning him he would be killed.
Just 90 minutes later his Audi car was torched at the back of the south Armagh property.
Frazer said: “I couldn’t have got out the back door, the fire was that bad coming in to the kitchen. But I can’t thank the police enough for doing what they did because they could have saved my life.”
Frazer has claimed Republican smugglers are angry that he has drawn attention to their operations.
He still plans to hold a loyalist flag protest in Dublin later this year.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.curtisjohnson | Feb 16, 2013, 12:18 AM EST
" Strange, there 'just happened' to be two members of the notorious RUC/PSNI sitting having doughnuts a few feet away from the so-called fire, and were able to save Willie's neck and willie. More likey this was done (if in fact it was done) by loyalists." So transparent it's almost comical.
STEVENSTAR | Feb 15, 2013, 05:11 PM EST
@@@Joe Glackin | Feb 14, 2013, 07:59 PM EST STEVENSTAR. using the GFA and Irish people voting for it holds nothing as its been broken by Britain/DUP control. Its non implementation on different issues and the UN has also objected ,but Britain continues its media censorship. So its not a relevent fact.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>GOD NO NOT AT ALL MATE.. WE TOTALLY BELIEVE IN THE GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT AND THE PEACE THAT WE NOW HAVE IN IRELAND.. WE DONT WANT TO GO BACK TO CERTAIN MONORITYS OF SCUM PLANTING BOMBS KILLING INNOCENT PEOPLE , AND JUST LOOK AT THE RECEPTION THE QUEEN GOT AT DUBLIN CASTLE AND THE TELEVISED CONCERT ... IT WAS AMAZING.. WE IRISH HAVE COME ALONG WAY MATE... AND YOURSELF ARE YOU AMERICAN ? I CALL EM THE MEDDLING AMERICANS ..SHOULD REALLY KEEP OUT OF IRISH AFFAIRS !!!
IrelandNorth | Feb 15, 2013, 02:08 PM EST
Fayre play to ye, wee Willie! Ure a dascent oui Ulster Prod of Planter Stock from Norn Iron, God luv ya 'n' save yah. Yer a martyre to da cause in Norlin Airlin. As a southern fenian papist idolater from the wee soyth, muh heart goe out to yoi noi, me wee Ulster-Scottie lad. Shure it's beamed up to the Starship Enterprise we all should be, so it is.
karlkane | Feb 15, 2013, 07:45 AM EST
Strange, there 'just happened' to be two members of the notorious RUC/PSNI sitting having doughnuts a few feet away from the so-called fire, and were able to save Willie's neck and willie. More likey this was done (if in fact it was done) by loyalists.
karlkane | Feb 15, 2013, 07:45 AM EST
Strange, there 'just happened' to be two members of the notorious RUC/PSNI sitting having doughnuts a few feet away from the so-called fire, and were able to save Willie's neck and willie. More likey this was done (if in fact it was done) by loyalists.
Joe Glackin | Feb 14, 2013, 07:59 PM EST
STEVENSTAR. using the GFA and Irish people voting for it holds nothing as its been broken by Britain/DUP control. Its non implementation on different issues and the UN has also objected ,but Britain continues its media censorship. So its not a relevent fact.
seanomelb | Feb 14, 2013, 05:41 PM EST
STEVENSTAR BLAH!BLAH!BLAH!
Smyrnian | Feb 14, 2013, 07:06 AM EST
The butler did it!
Willie Frazer | Feb 13, 2013, 09:21 PM EST
Let me be very clear on this now,I DID NOT BURN THE CAR, there is all sorts of accusations flying around at the minute but a hiv a fair idea who burned the car and it wus not dissidents.There,s a crowd of baldy monks over here at the minute from Dali Lama and tae tell you the gods honest truth they are a welcome change from all the free state wans thats coming around this last while, but a dont trust them foreign monks wan bit. Them foreigneirs are trying tae convert people and take away the wee bit of presbyterian religion we have here in my BELOVED ULSTER and a think it wus them that lit the car.so I do.
STEVENSTAR | Feb 13, 2013, 07:17 PM EST
@@SEANMELB >>>>>> IM A RACIST BIGOT BECAUSE I SAID THE IRA ARE EVIL ? ,.,,,WHAT PLANET ARE YOU ON .. SURELY TO GOD YOU CAN ANSWER ME THAT ONE... AND NOT CALL PEOPLE NAMES.. WE'RE NOT IN THE SCHOOL PLAYGROUND NOW SEANMELB WE'RE MATURE GROWN ADULTS .. WELL I AM, NOT SURE ABOUT YOURSELF.
seanomelb | Feb 13, 2013, 06:53 PM EST
Stevenstar you are a racist bigot andf that is a fact nothing childish about it. Only sadness for you pathethic posts.
IrelandNorth | Feb 13, 2013, 01:33 PM EST
Time to put the union flag back up over Belfast City Hall. The EUROPEAN union one, that is!
STEVENSTAR | Feb 13, 2013, 05:13 AM EST
@@@seanomelb | Feb 12, 2013, 08:08 PM EST NAME CALLING IS SO CHILDISH MATE GROW UP....
seanomelb | Feb 12, 2013, 08:08 PM EST
Why canI not feel empathy for the rach bigot. He blogs on this site under the name STEVENSTAR.
IrelandNorth | Feb 12, 2013, 01:58 PM EST
Dissidence - schmissidence!
merefalow | Feb 12, 2013, 08:09 AM EST
bloody flags,tit for tat,big mouthed posturing bigotted fanatics,stupid chestbeating and you will all be back where you started living in fear,with death and destruction all around and posturing para militaries strutting the streets,you have to get along whether you like it or not or return to mayhem.
aloistmartin | Feb 11, 2013, 08:48 PM EST
That`s My Boy !
chicksooze | Feb 11, 2013, 02:38 PM EST
He is a delusional freak, too bad the attack was unsuccessful.
IrelandNorth | Feb 11, 2013, 01:37 PM EST
When he claimed somewhat quixoticaly that republicans were behind the horse meat in beef burgers scam, he didn't say if he meant Romanian republicans. Truth is stranger than fiction in the parallel universe that is Northern Ireland. Psychoses flurished when neurotics do nothing.
STEVENSTAR | Feb 11, 2013, 01:14 PM EST
LET ME JUST SAY AS AN IRISHMAN WHO LIVES HERE IN IRELAND AND WAS BORN HERE .. THESE PEOPLE ARE THE ABSOLUTE SCUM OF THE EARTH AND WE DO NOT WANT THEM IN OUR COUNRTY .. THIS IS THE OPINION OF AN IRISHMAN AND ANY AMERICANS ON HERE SUPPORTING THE IRA ITS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS !!! IF YOU LIKE THEM SO MUCH LET THEM MOVE OVER THERE TO YOUR COUNRTY ... WE THE IRISH PEOPLE SPOKE AND WE DID THAT WITH TEH GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT AND WHY THIS LOT OF SCUM THINK THEY REPRESENT US THE IRISH IS ANYONES GUESS.. I GUESS THEY HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO DO.. THEY ARE VERMON AND TOTAL SCUM .. & ALWAYS WILL BE!!!
pilib04 | Feb 11, 2013, 12:41 PM EST
Frazer probably did it himself.
EamonnDublin | Feb 11, 2013, 10:50 AM EST
I heard it was his wife wot dun it! After smashing in the back window with a golf club. Éamonn, Dublin.