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Wed 05 May 2004Latest murder could ignite UVF/LVF feudPolice and vulnerable working-class loyalist communities are bracing themselves for potentially another murderous loyalist paramilitary feud after a 34-year-old man was shot dead in east Belfast yesterday morning.Loyalist sources blamed the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) for the murder of Brian Stewart who was gunned down as he sat in his car in Castlereagh industrial estate. Loyalist figures confirmed that Mr Stewart was a member of the Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF), sparking fears of yet another UVF-LVF feud.