10/02/2022

Teenager Beaten And Shot In Strabane

The PSNI have issued an appeal for information following a shooting incident in Strabane, County Tyrone.

At about 7.20pm on Wednesday night two masked men forced their way into a house in the Springhill Park area of Strabane, where a 19-year-old man was beaten with a baseball bat before being shot in the leg.

The victim remains in hospital.

Anyone with any information about the attack, or who was in the area around the time of the incident, is asked to contact police.

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