A Coleraine pensioner, who uses a mobility scooter, was shot five times in the arms and legs by the UDA.
But what possible excuse would the loyalist paramilitaries have for carrying out such a heinous act?
The attack came just 48 hours after the PSNI had raided a brothel in the town which it publicly connected to the UDA.
That brothel was run by Bulgarian pimps and police say they were paying protection money to loyalists.
The two events appear to be connected.
Who’s running prostitution in Northern Ireland?
Are paramilitaries involved?
And what did does it have to do with a savage attack on an old man?
Ciarán Dunbar is joined by the Sunday Life’s Ciarán Barnes.