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10/12/2007
Spectre Of Drive-by Shootings Return
A man has been shot from a passing car in Belfast. In an incident that recalls many such attacks during the worst decades of the Troubles, a 28-year-old man was last night shot in the head and back in north Belfast.
He was walking through the Ligoniel area on Sunday night when a dark coloured car pulled up alongside him and one of the passengers opened fire.
The man was taken to hospital, but his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
Police are yet to establish a motive for the attack and the incident has been condemned by the Lord Mayor of Belfast, Jim Rodgers.
"It's horrendous that people still want to use a gun to go out and injure or even kill somebody," said Mr Rodgers.
"And as the Lord Mayor I would appeal to people to assist police with their enquiries so that those who were involved can be quickly arrested."
(BMcC)
He was walking through the Ligoniel area on Sunday night when a dark coloured car pulled up alongside him and one of the passengers opened fire.
The man was taken to hospital, but his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
Police are yet to establish a motive for the attack and the incident has been condemned by the Lord Mayor of Belfast, Jim Rodgers.
"It's horrendous that people still want to use a gun to go out and injure or even kill somebody," said Mr Rodgers.
"And as the Lord Mayor I would appeal to people to assist police with their enquiries so that those who were involved can be quickly arrested."
(BMcC)
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