29/11/2004

Gun attack on house in Portadown

A group of 13 people were uninjured following a gun attack on a house in Portadown, County Armagh at the weekend.

Several shots were fired at the house in the Garvaghy Road area of Portadown in the early hours of Sunday morning.

It is understood that all 13 were in the living room of the house when the gun attack took place.

Police are not viewing the incident as either sectarian or racist.

(SP)

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