realized that an arrow had fallen from a wall and hit a passing cyclist who was not seriously injured. As a result, PSNI officers closed St Jude’s Parade and Raby Street off Ormeau Street.
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We use a number of different social media to manage additional content that may set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Check their details and accept them to load the content. Manage preferences Residents in the St Judes Parade area, which remains cordoned off, described their shock at the incident after officers raided a block of flats where the man is believed to live. “I was sitting in my apartment and I heard the police come in and yell,” a neighbor said. “They broke down the doors to the property next door to me but it has been empty since the previous tenant died. They then broke into the apartment from the other side, but no one was there except the dog. I heard the voices of the policemen to stop it.” The nervous resident was relieved to see her door stay on its hinges. “I am shocked,” they continued, “this is a quiet area and my neighbors have never caused any disturbance.” Other horrified residents arriving home from work stopped their cars to ask pedestrians why blue-gloved police had swarmed their block of flats. “This is crazy,” one exclaimed after being told what had allegedly happened. The suspect was arrested at the scene as police searched his home. He then walked away moments after a police officer arrived with a bag of evidence.
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We use a number of different social media to manage additional content that may set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Check their details and accept them to load the content. Manage preferences As the incident unfolded, the children continued their soccer practice at the Ulidia Playing Fields, unaware of what had happened. Earlier, a police spokesman confirmed officers were dealing with an “ongoing incident in the St Judes Parade area of south Belfast”. They added: “There were no injuries and no further details are available at this time.” SDLP councilor Gary McKeown said the incident will come as a real shock to those who live here’ and described the area as a ‘quiet residential road’. “The idea that something like this could happen so close to homes and right next to where kids were playing soccer is unthinkable,” he said. “I was actually dealing with a constituency issue on the street just before this incident happened, and it’s really not what you want to see. “There have been some issues in the wider area that I work in and it’s something that residents and businesses have raised with me. I know the police are aware so extra patrols in the community would be very welcome to both reassure residents and help deter of any further incidents”.
