27/11/2013

Further Arrests In Paramilitary Attacks

Further arrests have been made by police investigating a series of paramilitary attacks in the Coleraine and north Antrim area, it has been reported.

Four men, aged 38, 41, 45 and 48 were detained on Wednesday morning.

They are understood to be undergoing questioning at Antrim Serious Crime Suite.

On Tuesday, two men, aged 35 and 39, were arrested in the Harpurs Hill area of Coleraine in relation to the shooting of a 15-year-old boy earlier this month. They remain in police custody. The shooting, which happened on 18 November, saw three masked men entered a house at Glebe Avenue in the area just before 5am. They shot the teenager in both legs. One of the men was also carrying a baseball bat.

Following the attack, the victim was taken to the Causeway Hospital in Coleraine before being transferred to Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital where he underwent surgery.

(JP/CD)

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