Ceasefire monitors accuse UVF of trying to wipe out LVF

The body set up to monitor paramilitary ceasefires in the North has concluded that the Ulster Volunteer Force is trying to wipe out the rival Loyalist Volunteer Force.

In a report published today, the Independent Monitoring Commission said the recent feud between the two groups was the worst violence it had been asked to investigate since its establishment a year-and-a-half ago.