Editing Loyalist feud (section)

===2017–date: South East Antrim Brigade feud===
On 13 March 2017 George Gilmore, formerly a commander in the brigade was the target of an assassination for standing up for friends and family who were being bullied by the leadership in Carrickfergus.<ref name="IrishNews">{{cite web|url=http://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2017/03/16/news/killer-of-leading-loyalist-george-gilmore-remains-at-large-965802/|title=Killer of leading loyalist George Gilmore remains at large|first=Allison|last=Morris|website=The Irish News|date=16 March 2017 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320232314/http://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2017/03/16/news/killer-of-leading-loyalist-george-gilmore-remains-at-large-965802/|archive-date=2017-03-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-39257806|title='Loyalist' critically injured in Carrickfergus shooting|work=BBC News |date=13 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608173415/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-39257806|archive-date=8 June 2017}}</ref> Gilmore died the following day, with the incident described as part of an ongoing feud in the town.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-39268171|title=High-profile loyalist George Gilmore dies after gun attack|work=BBC News |date=14 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603031224/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-39268171|archive-date=3 June 2017}}</ref> Two men were subsequently charged with the murder.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-39321879|title=Man arrested in Carrickfergus over murder of loyalist George Gilmore|work=BBC News |date=19 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170529235925/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-39321879|archive-date=29 May 2017}}</ref> Gilmore had been targeted in an unsuccessful crossbow attack the previous August.<ref name="IrishNews"/> The South-east Antrim brigadier, who was not named in reports, stated that any brigade members attending Gilmore's funeral would be expelled.<ref name="IrishNews"/>

On 29 May 2017 the South East Antrim UDA murdered an ex member and friend of George Gilmore. Colin Horner was fatally shot in front of his three-year-old son at a busy shopping centre.<ref name="TheGuradian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/29/man-shot-in-front-of-son-in-northern-ireland-victim-of-uda-internal-feud-colin-horner|title=Man shot in front of son in Northern Ireland 'victim of UDA internal feud'|first=Henry McDonald Ireland|last=correspondent|date=29 May 2017|newspaper=The Guardian|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610210136/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/29/man-shot-in-front-of-son-in-northern-ireland-victim-of-uda-internal-feud-colin-horner|archive-date=10 June 2017}}</ref> Police have made various arrests. <ref name="ITV">{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/news/utv/2017-06-01/man-charged-with-murder-in-supermarket-car-park/|title=Police make another arrest over Colin Horner murder|date=June 2017 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607160537/http://www.itv.com/news/utv/2017-06-01/man-charged-with-murder-in-supermarket-car-park/|archive-date=2017-06-07}}</ref>