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30/04/2004
Police appeal following stabbing in south Belfast
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was stabbed in south Belfast.
The 19-year-old victim was walking along Carmel Street at around 8.45pm when a man approached him and tried to steal his phone.
The attacker, who was wielding a large knife, then stabbed the man in the chest. His injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.
Elsewhere, a man has been shot in a paramilitary style attack in Dundonald.
The attack took place in the predominantly loyalist Ballybeen estate at around 8.30pm on Thursday.
The victim was walking along Drumadoon Drive when he was bundled into a passing car by three masked men.
He was then taken to a car park at Morvan Park where he was shot once.
He has since been treated in hospital for a hand wound.
(MB)
The 19-year-old victim was walking along Carmel Street at around 8.45pm when a man approached him and tried to steal his phone.
The attacker, who was wielding a large knife, then stabbed the man in the chest. His injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.
Elsewhere, a man has been shot in a paramilitary style attack in Dundonald.
The attack took place in the predominantly loyalist Ballybeen estate at around 8.30pm on Thursday.
The victim was walking along Drumadoon Drive when he was bundled into a passing car by three masked men.
He was then taken to a car park at Morvan Park where he was shot once.
He has since been treated in hospital for a hand wound.
(MB)
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