Derry councillor gets death threats

A Co Derry  Sinn Féin councillor has received death threats.

A Co Derry  Sinn Féin councillor has received death threats.

Billy Leonard, from Coleraine, Co Derry, said he and his family had taken threatening phone calls claiming a bomb had been left under his car.

"He has said that I would be dead in 24 hours; when other members of my family answered the phone he has said the Councillor Billy Leonard would be dead," he said.

The politician is the second nationalist public representative to be targeted in recent days.

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SDLP MLA John Dallat was warned of danger from loyalists last week.