The Northern editor of the Sunday World newspaper has been beaten up in the centre of Belfast.
Jim McDowell, 60, was kicked and punched by four men just yards from City Hall on Wednesday afternoon. He was injured in the head, arms and legs.
"They gave me a furious beating,"
"I heard this voice behind me saying either: 'You killed my brother' or 'You're trying to get my brother killed', and before I even turned around I was jumped from the back and received a big dig in the side of my head, then a dig in the other side of my head."
"I was punched and beaten to the ground in front of screaming children and screaming women, and this is in front of Belfast City Hall."
"My biggest problem is the arrogance of these hoods,"
"These boys didn't even run away. They swaggered away, as if it doesn't matter."
"They won't intimidate me, they won't intimidate my paper. We will still expose these boys. They're para-mafia. They're paramilitaries. I think I know they're drug dealers."
"What does it say about the freedom of expression and the freedom of the Press?"



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