Gangland violence: Inner city ‘in fear’ after terror return

The gangland murders of the past fortnight have brought back “fear and terror” to a community already on its knees from cutbacks and neglect, the local drug task force has said.

The co-ordinator of the North Inner City Drugs Task Force, Mel MacGiobuin, said there was a sense of “dangerous, foreboding, elements prowling the streets” at the moment.

His comments come as the funeral of Edward Hutch Sr takes place this morning in the north inner city.