A 26-year-old man was tonight charged with attempted murder following a stabbing in central Belfast earlier this month.

Detectives were today probing possible paramilitary links to the gang behind the £22m (€31.4m) Northern Bank robbery in Belfast.

THE gang behind the £22 million (€32m) Northern Bank heist may be forced to dump more than half the cash, it emerged last night.

Burnt-out car found in hunt for Belfast bank raiders

Detectives were today stepping up the hunt to catch up to 20 raiders who pulled off one of the world's biggest ever bank robberies.

PARAMILITARY involvement in the £20 million heist in Belfast would have serious ramifications for the North's peace process, Justice Minister Michael McDowell said yesterday.

POLICE last night were refusing to rule out paramilitary involvement in Monday's daring raid on the Northern Bank in Belfast.

A gang who pulled off a spectacular £20m-plus (€29m) bank raid may have been working on inside intelligence.

The gang behind a £20m-plus (€29m) robbery on the Northern Bank’s Belfast headquarters planned it like a military operation.