An attempt to murder a 41-year-old man in Northern Ireland today is believed to be the latest attack in a feud between loyalist paramilitary terror gangs, a senior police officer said.
The man was shot a number of times in the chest and stomach at 1 a.m. after getting out of bed to answer a knock at the door of his home in Church Street, Bangor, Co Down.
He was hit by a number of shots fired through the glass panel in the door as he walked along the hall.
Det Supt Mr Alan Mains, who is heading the inquiry, said police were questioning a man in connection with the attack.
There have been nine shootings connected to the feud between the Ulster Defence Association and Loyalist Volunteer Force since the beginning of September.
Today's attack comes after a man was shot in the head in Euston Street, off the Woodstock Road, east Belfast, on Monday night.
The festering dispute between UDA members and their rivals in the LVF erupted after top LVF man Mr Stephen Warnock was shot dead in Newtownards, Co Down, last month.
East Belfast UDA boss Jim Gray escaped death when he was shot in the face in a retaliation attack days later.The UDA then expelled feared terror chief Johnny "Mad Dog" Adair for allegedly siding with the LVF.
Geoffrey Gray (41),who is understood to have had links with murdered LVF leader Billy Wright, was shot dead in Belfast last weekend.
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