Donaldson condemns 'paramilitary elements' involved in 'NI Protocol' bus burning

The scene in Newtownards near Belfast after a bus was hijacked and set alight (David Young/PA)

Loyalist paramilitary elements have been blamed for the hijack and burning of a bus in an apparent act of protest against Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol.

DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson said the “thugs and hoods” responsible for the incident in Newtownards had no part to play in political unionism’s campaign to remove the Irish Sea border.