Senior loyalist hacked to death with own samurai sword

A senior loyalist has been killed and another man is in a critical condition in hospital after a samurai sword attack in Belfast.

A senior loyalist paramilitary was hacked to death in a brutal attack using his own samurai sword, a senior detective has said.

Veteran Ulster Defence Association (UDA) chief Colin “Bap” Lindsay, 47, and another man, 52-year-old Stanley Wightman, were found with severe injuries lying in the living room of Mr Lindsay’s home in Belfast’s Belvoir estate last night.