11/12/2002

Man injured in paramilitary-style shooting

A man is being treated in hospital after he was injured in a paramilitary-style shooting in west Belfast.

The 23-year-old man was abducted and forced into a car by a gang of four men whilst walking along the Whiterock Road last night.

He was then taken into the Ballymurphy estate where he was shot in both ankles before being dumped in the garden of a house at Dermott Hill Gardens.

The victim was discovered at around 9.40pm and taken to hospital a short time later.

Detectives have appealed for anyone with information to contact them.

(GMcG)

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