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03/12/2003
Six escape unharmed during attempted robbery
Six people have escaped injury after a shot was fired during an attempted robbery at a restaurant in south Belfast last night.
Two men entered the premises on the Lisburn Road shortly before midnight on Tuesday and demanded money from staff. One of the robbers then fired a blank cartridge into the ceiling before leaving empty-handed.
Police have appealed for information about the attack to contact them.
Elsewhere, two men have been injured in separate paramilitary-style attacks in Belfast and Newtownabbey.
In the first incident a man was attacked in the Rathcoole area of Newtownabbey at about 7pm on Tuesday. In the second attack a 19-year-old man was shot in the legs during an attack in the Strandtown area of east Belfast at around 9pm.
He was later treated in hospital for his wounds.
(MB)
Two men entered the premises on the Lisburn Road shortly before midnight on Tuesday and demanded money from staff. One of the robbers then fired a blank cartridge into the ceiling before leaving empty-handed.
Police have appealed for information about the attack to contact them.
Elsewhere, two men have been injured in separate paramilitary-style attacks in Belfast and Newtownabbey.
In the first incident a man was attacked in the Rathcoole area of Newtownabbey at about 7pm on Tuesday. In the second attack a 19-year-old man was shot in the legs during an attack in the Strandtown area of east Belfast at around 9pm.
He was later treated in hospital for his wounds.
(MB)
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