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12/12/2002
Teenager shot in both ankles
A teenager is being treated in hospital for gunshot wounds to both ankles in what appears to have been a paramilitary style shooting in West Belfast last night.
The 18-year-old man was found in the garden of a house in Norglen Parade in the Ballymurphy area at 11pm.
Meanwhile a man is due to appear in court in Co Down today charged with possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.
The man, 20, will appear before magistrates in Downpatrick following an arrest and the discovery of a gun in Silverstream Avenue in Bangor, Co Down, yesterday morning.
Acting Assistant Chief Constable Maggie Hunter linked the arrest to continuing loyalist paramilitary activity.
(AMcE)
The 18-year-old man was found in the garden of a house in Norglen Parade in the Ballymurphy area at 11pm.
Meanwhile a man is due to appear in court in Co Down today charged with possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.
The man, 20, will appear before magistrates in Downpatrick following an arrest and the discovery of a gun in Silverstream Avenue in Bangor, Co Down, yesterday morning.
Acting Assistant Chief Constable Maggie Hunter linked the arrest to continuing loyalist paramilitary activity.
(AMcE)
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