24/08/2007

Six People Questioned Over Hertfordshire Street Shooting

Police are questioning six people in connection with a street shooting in Hertfordshire on Thursday.

Five men - four aged in their twenties and one in his thirties - were arrested following the incident in Boscombe Court in Letchworth Garden City around midday on Thursday. A woman in her thirties was also arrested.

Two men were seriously injured in the shooting and, according to reports, one of them was shot in the face.

Both are being treated in hospital where their conditions are described as serious, but not life-threatening.

Police have said that the shooting was an isolated incident and that they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the shooting.

(KMcA/SP)


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