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Hundreds involved in feud trouble Fifth arrest after town 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. Police have arrested a fifth person following disturbances in Carrickfergus early on Saturday morning.
David Hilditch has called for an end to the violence in the town. The man was arrested on Saturday afternoon, but details have just been released.
Police also appealed for calm following overnight disturbances in the loyalist Castlemara estate. Four men have been arrested. Up to 200 people were involved in trouble linked to an ongoing loyalist feud in County Antrim, according to Carrick's mayor David Hilditch.
Police were called to the scene at about 0200 BST. A PSNI spokeswoman said calm was restored a short time later. The arrests were in connection with an assault on a man aged in his 30s, who had to treated in hospital.
She added officers would continue to maintain a "high visibility presence" in the estate. "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," said Mr Hilditch.
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.
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.""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."