PSNI fear ‘open warfare’ between loyalist factions

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

PSNI fear ‘open warfare’ between loyalist factions

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.

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