Paramilitary style violence ‘torturing’ North’s communities

Paramilitary violence is “torturing” communities in the North due to “complacency” about peace, a senior Belfast youth worker has warned. It is only a “fluke” that 2023 saw no deaths through paramilitary activities, Mr Stephen Hughes added, responding to figures from the PSNI. Up until 2022, paramilitary violence “was a declining issue”, he told The…