18/08/2003

Dublin man killed in gangland-style attack

A man has been shot dead in a gangland-style attack carried out by two masked men in a crowded Dublin pub.

Singled out in the crowded Brockwood Inn in Corduff in the Blanchardstown area of west Dublin, the man was shot twice in the chest by his assailants.

Taken to a nearby hospital, the victim was pronounced dead less than an hour later. A post mortem was scheduled to take place today.

The dead man was named locally as 23-year-old Brendan Sugg, who lived in the Corduff area of the city.

It is understood that a second man who received a flesh wound to the foot was also treated in hospital.

(SP)

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