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Andrew Byrne & Gavin O'Callaghan & Darragh Berry

Coolock feud: Knife-crazed kids chase Robbie Lawlor's friend down Dublin city street calling him 'rat' in terrifying video

This is the terrifying video which has emerged of Robbie Lawlor's friend being chased down the street by a bunch of crazed young teenagers armed with knives as part of a huge ongoing north Dublin feud.

The close pal of the slain hitman-for-hire races his way down the famous cobble path in Temple Bar followed in close pursuit by two quick kids said to be equipped with large knives ready to attack the man.

The chasers can be heard taunting Lawlor's mate telling him "run, will you run" before saying "you're like Bob" in an insult comparison to the notorious criminal 'Ruthless Robbie'.

The race ends at the front door of Temple Bar pharmacy where Lawlor's friend becomes brave, standing still at the entrance and giving cheek back to the young lads before rushing inside and holding the door closed.

He closes the door so ferociously that he almost catches one of the chasers' fingers in the jam of it.

The pair brand him a snitch saying "are you going to ring the Gardai? Are you? You rat."

Part two of the video sees the pair shouting at the man, who is now on the phone, saying "look at you hiding" while he opens the shop door from the inside as two customers walk into the store.

A source told Dublin Live: "Robbie's friend was ran down the road by these young lads who were bolting down Temple Bar with huge knives on them.

"They said he was just like Robbie and called him a rat and a Garda informant.

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"It is believed to have something to do with an ongoing Coolock feud."

Notorious criminal Lawlor had travelled to Ardoyne in Belfast in April along with three other men when he met his gruesome end - a gunman spraying him with bullets before fleeing the scene with the trio who had led him to his death.

The hitman who was feared across Dublin had 124 previous convictions and was one of the prime suspects in the gruesome death of Drogheda teenager Keane Mulready-Woods.

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