Bullets have been sent to five politicians as tension over the flag issue continues in Belfast.

Sinn Fein has confirmed that two suspicious packages have been sent to two of it's members, Gerry Kelly and Alex Maskey.

Sinn Fein and the Alliance party were targeted in packages posted to the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont.

Attacks against public representatives have followed the decision to reduce the number of days on which the Union flag is flown from Belfast's City Hall.