Loyalist attacks

LOYALISTS had attacked mourners on their way to the funeral of murdered Catholic schoolboy Michael McIlveen, it was claimed last night.

Police confirmed they were investigating reports that a car was stoned near a cemetery in Ballymena, Co Antrim.

A Sinn Féin representative in the staunchly Protestant town claimed a loyalist crowd waved placards — claiming it was under siege — in front of mourners travelling to the Crebilly graveyard.