PUP 'not jumping to conclusions' on murder

Loyalist politicians have said they are 'not jumping to conclusions' about this morning's murder of a young Catholic man in Antrim town.

19-year-old Ciaran Cummings was shot dead by a gunman on the back of a motorcycle as he waited for a lift to work.

The SDLP and Sinn Fein have both said they have no doubt that it was a sectarian attack.

However the PUP, which has links to the UVF, refused to speculate about any motive for the killing.

Party spokesman Ken Wilkinson said to point any fingers at this early stage might only inflame the situation.