2 April 1998 Edition
Back issue: New Lodge sectarian attack
A 16 year old youth from the New Lodge area of North Belfast was slashed repeatedly around the face with a razor-blade in a sectarian attack by three loyalist teenagers last Friday night, March 25th.
Trainee upholsterer Eddie Kane, from Upper Meadow Street, was returning home down Cliftonville Road around midnight after leaving his fiancee's home in the Ardoyne area.
As he reached Manor Street however, Kane retraced his steps to avoid any possible confrontation with a gang of ``Mods'' who were engaged in throwing bricks at passing cars. Later, when Eddie Kane thought the gang would have dispersed, he tried to make his way home once again.
As he neared the corner of Manor Street, which is badly illuminated, Kane noticed three youths walking towards him.
They stopped when they reached him and demanded: ``Are you a Fenian?'' Naturally frightened, Kane made no reply and was immediately grabbed by two of the youths who held him down and kicked and punched his ribs and stomach.
Eddie Kane recalls what happened: ``The other one started slashing my face with a blade. I didn't know what was going on, I struggled with them and kept pulling my face away from him.''
Trainee upholsterer Eddie Kane, from Upper Meadow Street, was returning home down Cliftonville Road around midnight after leaving his fiancee's home in the Ardoyne area.
As he reached Manor Street however, Kane retraced his steps to avoid any possible confrontation with a gang of ``Mods'' who were engaged in throwing bricks at passing cars. Later, when Eddie Kane thought the gang would have dispersed, he tried to make his way home once again.
As he neared the corner of Manor Street, which is badly illuminated, Kane noticed three youths walking towards him.
They stopped when they reached him and demanded: ``Are you a Fenian?'' Naturally frightened, Kane made no reply and was immediately grabbed by two of the youths who held him down and kicked and punched his ribs and stomach.
Eddie Kane recalls what happened: ``The other one started slashing my face with a blade. I didn't know what was going on, I struggled with them and kept pulling my face away from him.''