A man is recovering in hospital this morning from serious stab wounds suffered in an attack in north Belfast.
The man, a Catholic in his twenties, was attacked as he walked along Floral Park off the Whitewell Road just before midnight.
A PSNI spokeswoman said a Citroen car containing a number of men pulled up alongside him. One of the occupants of the car got out and stabbed the victim in the abdomen.
The car then sped off toward the Shore Road and was later found burned out at the Loughshore Recreation Centre.
Local Sinn Féin councillor Mr Danny Lavery claimed the stabbing was a sectarian attack by the UDA.
"Unionist politicians and civic and community leaders need to do more to defuse tensions not just in the Whitewell area but throughout North Belfast where there has been an increase in UDA activity," he said. "Comments from unionist political leaders in recent days have only served to increase tension. I would urge them to abandon their overtly sectarian approach to community relations."