PSNI fear ‘open warfare’ between loyalist factions

FEARS heightened last night of a gun war between rival loyalist paramilitaries in the North.

With various factions battling for control in greater Belfast area, security chiefs warned there could be further bloodshed after a new outbreak of tit-for-tat attacks left one man dead.

A senior member of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) was wounded in the face on Monday night in an apparent retaliation, and may have survived because the gun jammed.