A man was seriously wounded in a gun attack in north Belfast yesterday. The victim is understood to have been hit a number of times in the chest during disturbances close to the Crumlin Road.
Sources have linked the shooting to a deepening loyalist paramilitary feud in the city that has so far claimed three lives.
The attack happened at Glenside Park at around 6.30am.
Neighbours said LVF members involved in a turf war with the UVF were seen in the area.
The injured man was taken to the nearby Mater Hospital. A crowd of up to 20 men also gathered outside the hospital, but were held back by police.
The victim was later transferred across Belfast to the Royal Victoria Hospital. A spokeswoman for that hospital said the shooting victim was seriously ill, and his condition was being kept under assessment.
Police later revealed four men were being questioned following the shooting.
Meanwhile, a bomb was defused by an army explosives expert during a security alert on the nearby Crumlin Road. The device has been taken away for forensic examination.