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18/10/2006
Teenager injured in pellet gun attack
Police in County Armagh have appealed for information after a 13-year-old boy was shot by a pellet gun.
The teenager was walking along the Camlough Road area of Bessbrook at around 4pm yesterday, when he was hit below the eye by a pellet, believed to have been fired from a BB type gun by the occupants of a silver coloured Ford Escort.
The boy was taken to hospital where he was treated for swelling under his eye.
Police have asked for anyone who may have witnessed the incident, or who may have seen the car in the area around the time of the incident, to contact them on: 0845 600 8000, or anonymously on the Crimestoppers number on: 0800 555 111.
(EF/KMcA)
The teenager was walking along the Camlough Road area of Bessbrook at around 4pm yesterday, when he was hit below the eye by a pellet, believed to have been fired from a BB type gun by the occupants of a silver coloured Ford Escort.
The boy was taken to hospital where he was treated for swelling under his eye.
Police have asked for anyone who may have witnessed the incident, or who may have seen the car in the area around the time of the incident, to contact them on: 0845 600 8000, or anonymously on the Crimestoppers number on: 0800 555 111.
(EF/KMcA)
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