A 16-year-old youth is being questioned in connection with a hatchet attack in Antrim town last night. A 15-year-old Catholic youth remains seriously ill in hospital today after the attack.
The incident happened late last night outside the Greystone Primary School on the Greystone Road.
A group of youths were seen fleeing the scene across the Greystone Road to the Stiles estate.
The attack on the 15-year-old was condemned by the Ulster Unionist MP for South Antrim Mr David Burnside, who expressed concern about policing resources in the area.
"Unfortunately, there has been a lot of trouble around the Stiles and Rathenraw estates in Antrim and, indeed, in another part of my constituency in Glengormley there has also been sectarian violence with republican gangs coming into loyalist estates.
"We obviously need more police resources on the ground but I think we are seeing the madness of the Patten reforms," he said.
Police in Antrim have asked anyone with any information which could help the investigation to contact them.
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