Police chief warns against 'tribal violence'

More victims of the sectarian hatred that drove a gang to beat a Catholic schoolboy to death are going undetected, Northern Ireland‘s Chief Constable warned tonight.

More victims of the sectarian hatred that drove a gang to beat a Catholic schoolboy to death are going undetected, Northern Ireland‘s Chief Constable warned tonight.

Hugh Orde claimed bigoted thugs were emerging from a new generation, and likened the horrific attack on Michael McIlveen, 15, to the tribal violence he witnessed on the streets of London.

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