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| Hundreds involved in feud trouble | |
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| Up to 200 people were involved in trouble linked to an ongoing loyalist feud in County Antrim, according to Carrick's mayor. | |
| David Hilditch has called for an end to the violence in the town. | |
| Police also appealed for calm following overnight disturbances in the loyalist Castlemara estate. Four men have been arrested. | |
| Police were called to the scene at about 0200 BST. A PSNI spokeswoman said calm was restored a short time later. | Police were called to the scene at about 0200 BST. A PSNI spokeswoman said calm was restored a short time later. |
| She added officers would continue to maintain a "high visibility presence" in the estate. | She added officers would continue to maintain a "high visibility presence" in the estate. |
| The arrests were in connection with an assault on a man aged in his 30s. The injured man was taken to hospital and discharged after treatment. | The arrests were in connection with an assault on a man aged in his 30s. The injured man was taken to hospital and discharged after treatment. |
| Police appealed to those with influence in the community to help reduce tension and prevent any further attacks. | Police appealed to those with influence in the community to help reduce tension and prevent any further attacks. |
| It is understood the disturbances were related to ongoing tensions within loyalism in the Carrickfergus area. | It is understood the disturbances were related to ongoing tensions within loyalism in the Carrickfergus area. |
| Mr Hilditch said: "The police had a very difficult evening - first of all to contain it - and then also to try and weed out anybody that they could see as perpetrators of any of the violence. | |
| "I would just generally appeal to both sides at this stage to take a serious step back, and anybody who has any information on those who perpetrated these crimes to get in touch with the PSNI." |