Police have arrested a man they were looking for in connection with a knife attack that left two brothers with serious injuries.
Paul Hamilton (33) was arrested in England, two weeks after the attack outside the North Irish Horse in Dervock, Co Antrim. A 37-year-old woman was also arrested.
The injured men, named as David and Sammy McConachie by the Sunday World, suffered slash and stab wounds. Sammy McConachie was slashed across the face and arm with what was described as a machete.
Following the attack, the PSNI issued an appeal for information on the whereabouts of Mr Hamilton, stating he "may be able to assist in their investigation after two men were stabbed in the Carncullagh Road area of Dervock on Sunday, July 30".
In a statement on Sunday, the PSNI said: "Detectives in Coleraine investigating an incident when two men were stabbed in the Carncullagh Road area of Dervock on Sunday July 30, have arrested two people, a 33 year old man and a 37 year old woman in England.
"Both remain in custody at this time for questioning."
The attack exposed tensions in the village, with a local loyalist band advised to stay away from a parade and issuing a statement regarding what its members called "false allegations".
The Dervock Young Defenders pulled out of a fundraiser for Cancer Research in Ballymoney, Co Antrim, on the Saturday after the incident.
In a Facebook post, the band said: "It is with the greatest disappointment that regretfully after discussions with the PSNI we have taken the decision to withdraw our attendance at tonight’s cancer research fundraising parade in Ballymoney due to security reasons.
"The decision was taken because the PSNI contacted the band citing community tensions, security risks and the possibility of public disorder caused by threats from a criminal gang in Ballymoney."
The PSNI said: "Officers have been liaising with a number of individuals and groups in the area to address heightened community tensions following the incident and would appeal to anyone with influence in the local community to use that influence in order to maintain calm in the area."
Dervock Young Defenders also issued a statement a day after the attack in the village, stating its members were "appalled" by the incident.
It added: "We as a band do not condone knife crime and the idea of them being on the streets of our peaceful village." The band condemned those it claimed were "making false allegations in a bid to stir up fake propaganda and tensions against our band".
"We believe this attack is personal and down to a family feud that has been brewing for a number of years now," it said.
The Sunday World reported the lead up to the attack involved what was described as "loyalist banter" but which suddenly turned violent.
