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28/06/2006
Shoukri questioned over serious crime
A leading north Belfast loyalist is being held for questioning by police in connection with serious crime.
Ihab Shoukri, 32, was arrested yesterday and is being questioned at the serious crime suite in Antrim.
The arrest comes a week after both Ihab and his brother Andre were expelled from the UDA, following instructions from the organisation's Inner Council calling for the brothers to be dismissed as part of an attempt to clean up the organisations image.
However, the north Belfast brigade refused the request, stating that they wanted the leadership to remain unchanged.
Despite this, along with the announcement that the north Belfast brigade no longer recognises the UDA's Inner Council, the UDA have said that an internal feud is not likely.
(EF/SP)
Ihab Shoukri, 32, was arrested yesterday and is being questioned at the serious crime suite in Antrim.
The arrest comes a week after both Ihab and his brother Andre were expelled from the UDA, following instructions from the organisation's Inner Council calling for the brothers to be dismissed as part of an attempt to clean up the organisations image.
However, the north Belfast brigade refused the request, stating that they wanted the leadership to remain unchanged.
Despite this, along with the announcement that the north Belfast brigade no longer recognises the UDA's Inner Council, the UDA have said that an internal feud is not likely.
(EF/SP)
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