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06/06/2002
Three injured in wave of shootings in Belfast
There were a number of shootings incidents in Belfast last night in which three people were injured in paramilitary-style attacks.
At around 8pm, a 30-year-old man was hospitalised after being shot in the right leg. The incident occurred in Tynan Drive in Newtownabbey, north Belfast.
A 29-year-old was later shot in the thigh in Brae Street and a 21-year-old was also shot in both ankles in New Barnsley Gardens.
Elsewhere in Lower Newtownards Road area – the scene of serious sectarian clashes over the past week - two houses in Mountford Street and Seaforde Street were each hit by a single gunshot.
A 22-year-old woman narrowly escaped injury when a shot was fired through the living-room window of her Seaforde Street home at around 10pm. At about the same time, a second shot was fired into the bedroom window of a Mountford Street flat, again narrowly missing man who was in bed at the time.
Police are treating both incidents as attempted murder and have appealed for witnesses to contact detectives at Strandtown on 028 9065 0222.
(GMcG)
At around 8pm, a 30-year-old man was hospitalised after being shot in the right leg. The incident occurred in Tynan Drive in Newtownabbey, north Belfast.
A 29-year-old was later shot in the thigh in Brae Street and a 21-year-old was also shot in both ankles in New Barnsley Gardens.
Elsewhere in Lower Newtownards Road area – the scene of serious sectarian clashes over the past week - two houses in Mountford Street and Seaforde Street were each hit by a single gunshot.
A 22-year-old woman narrowly escaped injury when a shot was fired through the living-room window of her Seaforde Street home at around 10pm. At about the same time, a second shot was fired into the bedroom window of a Mountford Street flat, again narrowly missing man who was in bed at the time.
Police are treating both incidents as attempted murder and have appealed for witnesses to contact detectives at Strandtown on 028 9065 0222.
(GMcG)
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