Monthly Archives: April 2014

A police chief has said a mob of loyalist paramilitaries who went on the rampage in Larne were on a “power trip”. Up to 100 people, many of them masked, descended on the co Antrim town on Sunday night ransacking homes and attacking residents and police. Sources have linked the terrifying scenes to an altercation on Saturday in which three people were injured. Two men aged 22 and 26 were arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage and assault in the Ferris Avenue area but were later released on conditional bail. Three men were taken to hospital for injuries which were not life-threatening. Police first received reports at around 7.40pm on Sunday of “a large number of paramilitary types” gathering in carrickfergus. About an hour later a mob of 60 to 100 people armed with hammers and baseball bats descended on the Ferris Avenue and Knockdhu park areas and attacked … Continue reading →