Ostrich Man not around?

cymrococh · August 28, 2007

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6966493.stm

A man was subjected to a so-called 'tarring and feathering' attack in south Belfast on Sunday.

It is thought the attack was carried out by two men wearing balaclavas as a crowd including women and children looked on.

The victim was made to wear a placard reading 'I'm a drug dealing scum bag'.

Colin Halliday of the UPRG, the political wing of the UDA, speaking in the Belfast Telegraph, described the incident as "a community reaction".

"It was not a UDA punishment attack," he said.

"There was a lot of anger within the community as nobody wants a drug dealer in their midst.

"There were people baying for blood but that's not the way things are done now."

Alliance leader David Ford said: "Despite denials from the UPRG, most people will find it very hard to believe that the UDA was not involved in this despicable act."

Although the police was made aware of the incident by the time officers arrived in the loyalist estate, neither the victim or his attackers could be found.

"A report of an incident in Finwood Park, Taughmonagh, was received shortly after 10.10pm on Sunday evening," a spokesman said.

Herbie von Smalls · August 28, 2007

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