Three held over Belfast attack

Police investigating an attack on a film extra in south Belfast have arrested three teenagers.

Police investigating an attack on a film extra in south Belfast have arrested three teenagers.

James Turley (18) said he was "left for dead" after being attacked in the Village area last Friday week.

The trainee chef from the nationalist Short Strand area of east Belfast was working as an extra on the film The Good Man, which stars The Wire's Aidan Gillen, when he was attacked.

According to the PSNI, the two 15-year-olds and a 13-year-old are being held. They are believed to be from south Belfast.

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Mr Turley was one of a number of young Catholics and Protestants working on the film. Some loyalists targeted and attacked the Catholics as they tried to leave the area.

He said he was chased through the streets of the Village area, assaulted and dumped in a wheelie bin.