01/08/2002

Three men shot in two separate incidents

Police are investigating gun attacks in which three men have been injured in two separate paramilitary style shootings.

Two men were hospitalised after a shooting incident in Dromore. The shooting took place at around midnight on Wednesday in the Maypole Hill area of Dromore County Down. Police said that both men received gunshot wounds to the legs.

Earlier a man was shot in both legs in Larne. A police spokesperson said that the man was shot in both legs. The shooting took place shortly after 11pm at the Antyville playing fields in Larne in County Antrim.

(SP)

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