PSNI checkpoints at scene of loyalist killing

PSNI detectives investigating the loyalist paramilitary murder of a man will today set up vehicle checkpoints in the area where…

PSNI detectives investigating the loyalist paramilitary murder of a man will today set up vehicle checkpoints in the area where he was gunned down a week ago.

Delivery driver Michael Green (42) was ambushed as he arrived to open up the furniture store where he worked.

He was shot at least five times by two Ulster Volunteer Force gunmen and is the fourth man to be killed since the organisation's festering feud with the Loyalist Volunteer Force erupted last month.

Mr Green, from the Ballysillan district of north Belfast, was shot outside Gilpins Furniture Store on the loyalist Sandy Row in the south of the city. He had just opened a side gate and got back on his motorcycle when the killers opened fire.

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Police will this morning man checkpoints at Sandy Row and Abingdon Drive in a bid to secure a breakthrough in the inquiry.

A PSNI spokeswoman said: "Anyone who witnessed the murder or who has any information is asked to contact detectives at the incident room on 028-90700305 or Crimestoppers."

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