Reacting to footage of INLA criminals firing off weapons in a brazen show of strength in Londonderry, Ulster Unionist Councillor, Alderman Darren Guy said:

“The actions witnessed at Fern Park on Friday night should be totally condemned. Such deplorable acts should be consigned to the past. It`s disgusting that these types of acts are allowed to continue in Londonderry. Glorification of terrorism is always wrong and this INLA ‘show of strength’ is a direct insult to the families of its many innocent victims.

"The only reason these criminals have weapons is to fuel their empire building; to exert pressure on their own communities and to instil fear within those communities.

“The PSNI needs to step up their efforts against these criminal gangs to remove such weaponry. We need to see affirmative action from the PSNI in the days ahead and direct action taken against the thugs responsible. We need to make life as uncomfortable as possible for all these criminals so that they know society won`t stand for this brazen glorification of terror.

"Those who stand and clap, supporting such acts are just as bad as the criminals perpetrating them."

Ulster Unionist leader, Doug Beattie MC MLA, said:

"Yet again we see masked men on our streets. The PSNI is using the term 'appear to be firearms' as the weapons seem to be gas operated and blank firing, with no empty cases being ejected. Also the sound does not seem to be that of a high-velocity weapon. However it is difficult to say and the PSNI must conduct a full investigation.

"Regardless of the weapons authenticity, there is no place for this in society. These are yesterday`s men - drug dealers, pimps, extortionists and petty criminals. Nobody should ever contemplate giving them any kind of support or view them as any kind of freedom fighter. They restrict freedom, they have the boot on the neck of their own community and should be viewed as an embarrassment to nationalism."