}); virtualPageViewData.eventData.article = { meteredAccess: purchase.metered_paywall, However, sections of the loyalist paramilitary gang have played down claims that the East Belfast unit is tooling up in anticipation of a feud with a rival gang. var badge = badges[x]; The East Belfast UVF are a faction of the loyalist paramilitary group the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), which murdered more than 500 people during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. flipPayConfig.show_spinner = false; The two brothers and Mr Pounder are further accused of having explosives with intent to endanger life. value: priceID, user: { } }); var timeLeftOnExpire = (Date.parse(prices[key]['active_to']) - nowTimeStamp); They were literally cheering on youths hijacking buses in the Shankill during the last riots. el.parentElement.classList.add('-bestvalue'); if (eventType === 'summary_displayed') { Convert time from hours to milliseconds (360000 represents number of ms in an hour). 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Two east Belfast security alerts now over, Homes evacuated after device found in east Belfast, Ukrainian ministers killed in helicopter crash, 'I saw a burning helicopter circling': 14 killed in Ukraine crash, 15 minutes to defend yourself against death penalty. if (getCookie('guid')) { fireCheckoutEvent(); Both security and loyalist sources say that is why some of the eight recovered handguns were loaded and the three pipe-bombs primed.Four suspected East Belfast UVF members have appeared in court charged with possessing the stash \u2014 former soldiers Bryce Pounder (34) and Noel Bambrick\u00a0(49) and brothers William Baker (51) and Robin Baker (49). snack_bar_error_message: 'Unable to process payment. } else if (selectedPrice.delivery_days.length === 2 && selectedPrice.delivery_days.indexOf(6) > -1 && selectedPrice.delivery_days.indexOf(0) > -1) { badgeToFilterBy = urlHash; } else if (Object.keys(p.badge || {}).indexOf('print_annual') > -1) { const getListName = function () { for (let i = 0, parts; (parts = cookies[i] && cookies[i].split('=')); i++) { } catch (e) { What happened in the Ukraine helicopter crash? "Paramilitaries in our community need people to hold and store weapons," said the barrister. A box of magnets, believed to be used on the underside of a vehicle, were also discovered at the property. 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