A man has escaped injury in a shooting attempt at his home in County Londonderry on the early hours of Friday morning.

The householder was awakened from his sleep around 1am on Friday October 5 after hearing shots being fired at his house in Norwood Court, Coleraine. The man subsequently discovered three bullet holes in his front living room window and a number of strike marks on the living room ceiling.

A man was also taken to hospital in Belfast on Thursday October 4 after being wounded in a shooting attack. The victim, aged in his 20s, suffered a gunshot wound to his right leg in the attack, which police say took place in Farringdon Court, off the Ardoyne road shortly after 9pm.

Meanwhile, three pipe bombs have been defused following a series of security alerts in north Belfast. The devices were defused by army technical officers in the Hillview Road area on Thursday. The security forces were called to examine suspicious packages found between Sylvio Street and Cambrai Street around 4.30pm on Thursday afternoon.

Another suspicious object was discovered at the Oldpark junction with the Crumlin Road and at the junction of Danube Street and Tennent Street. A number of items were taken away for forensic examination. (AMcE)