01/07/2004

Four escape injury in gun attack

Four people have escaped injury following a gun attack on a house in Co Armagh.

Two shots were fired at the house in the Parkmore estate, Craigavon at around 8.45pm on Wednesday.

A woman, her husband, a two-year-old boy and his grandfather were in the house at the time.

One shot, which went through the front window and into the kitchen, narrowly missed the woman and the boy's grandfather, while a second shot hit a wall near a door.

Two masked gunmen were seen running towards the nearby Enniskeen estate following the attack.

Police do not believe the attack was sectarian and are still investigating a motive for the shooting.

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