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Mr. Trimble
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many paramilitary beatings and shootings have occurred in 1997, indicating where possible the paramilitary organisation believed to be responsible. [16030]
Mr. Ingram
Between 1 January 1997 and 11 November 1997 the number of casualties as a result of paramilitary-style assaults and shootings was:
| Casualties as a result of Paramilitary-style attacks I January to 11 November 1997 | |||
| Attributed to Loyalist | Attributed to Republican | Total | |
| Casualties as a result of shootings | 43 | 18 | 61 |
| Casualties as a result of assaults | 69 | 72 | 141 |
| Total | 112 | 90 | 202 |