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10/11/2003
Five men wounded in paramilitary-style shootings
Paramilitary-style attacks at the weekend have left five men recovering in hospital from gunshot wounds.
An attack on four men at around 8pm on Sunday in the Highfield estate in west Belfast saw each of the four victims shot in the lower leg.
Elsewhere at about 10.30pm on Sunday in the Donegall Road area of south Belfast, in what is believed to be a separate incident, a man was also shot in the leg.
(SP)
An attack on four men at around 8pm on Sunday in the Highfield estate in west Belfast saw each of the four victims shot in the lower leg.
Elsewhere at about 10.30pm on Sunday in the Donegall Road area of south Belfast, in what is believed to be a separate incident, a man was also shot in the leg.
(SP)
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