Catholic man in serious condition after parade row

Doctors are still treating a Catholic man in hospital after he was allegedly stabbed by Orange Order bandsmen last night.

Doctors are still treating a Catholic man in hospital after he was allegedly stabbed by Orange Order bandsmen last night.

The incident is believed to have happened in North Belfast where the man was stabbed in the stomach.

As he recovers in hospital, reports now indicate that buses carrying the bandsmen were then stoned by a nationalist crowd in the area.

On Springfield in north Belfast, security was high for the march and local politicians had called for calm.

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