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Suspected loyalist links to Belfast attacks

Police believe two early morning attacks in north Belfast may be linked to the continuing loyalist feud between the Ulster Volunteer Force and the Loyalist Volunteer Force.

A taxi depot on Ballysillan Road was set on fire and two shops in the same block were also damaged in the blaze.

A blast bomb was thrown at a house in the Ballygomartin area of the city. It exploded in the driveway, damaging a car and a fence beside the house.

The owner says he believes the wrong house was targeted and that he is not a member of any paramilitary group.

Police also kept watch last night at the Garnerville estate, a loyalist area in east Belfast, where a number of people are believed to have left their homes following warnings.

A crowd gathered at the entrance but there was no trouble.