Loyalist paramilitaries have claimed responsibility for a gun attack on a Catholic taxi driver in Belfast yesterday morning.
The Red Hand Defenders, a cover name used in the past by the UDA and the LVF, said it was behind the attempted murder.
An RUC spokesman said yesterday the man arrived at a house at Parkmount Terrace, off the Shore Road, at around 6 a.m when two youths jumped out of bushes and fired a single shot at him.
The vehicle was hit but the driver escaped injury and managed to drive off.
The two attackers ran off, but were spotted by passing RUC officers, who gave chase.
The men escaped but dropped their weapon, a handgun, which was recovered by the RUC.
