Police are appealing for calm after indications the UVF is planing to orchestrate ‘serious disorder’ tonight in east Belfast
A bus was set on fire in the Westwinds Estate this evening (Wednesday) at around 7:30pm.
A number of masked men, one carrying a suspected firearm, hijacked the bus in Blenheim Drive before setting it on fire.
Police and NIFRS are currently at the scene extinguishing the fire. A number of passengers who were in the bus at the time were not injured.
Bus on fire in West Winds, Ards. @PSNIArdsNDown @Translink_NI @NIFRSOFFICIAL #WhyHurtYourOwnArea pic.twitter.com/UwNdwhGDu0
— Kellie Armstrong (@Kelmba) July 11, 2018