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26/10/2004
Gun held to woman’s head in Co Derry
Police are appealing for information after a gun was held to a woman’s head during an incident at a house in Co Londonderry on Monday.
Five masked men, claiming to be from the INLA, forced their way into the house in Drumleck Drive, Shantallow.
The gang, one armed with a handgun and others with baseball bats, pointed the gun at the 39-year-old woman's face and asked about a man who was not in the house at the time before fleeing the property.
Police have called for anyone with information to contact them.
Elsewhere, a 29-year-old man was shot in a paramilitary style incident in north Belfast on Monday.
The victim was shot in the thigh in the Forthriver area of the city at about 10pm and later received treatment in hospital.
(MB/SP)
Five masked men, claiming to be from the INLA, forced their way into the house in Drumleck Drive, Shantallow.
The gang, one armed with a handgun and others with baseball bats, pointed the gun at the 39-year-old woman's face and asked about a man who was not in the house at the time before fleeing the property.
Police have called for anyone with information to contact them.
Elsewhere, a 29-year-old man was shot in a paramilitary style incident in north Belfast on Monday.
The victim was shot in the thigh in the Forthriver area of the city at about 10pm and later received treatment in hospital.
(MB/SP)
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