20/11/2012

Shots Fired At A House In L'Derry

Three people have escaped injury after shots were fired at a house in L'Derry on Tuesday.

A number of shots were fired into a living room at a house in the Jeffrey Avenue area shortly after midnight.

Two men and a woman who were inside the house at the time were not harmed.

Two men were seen making off from the scene on a motorbike.

It was later found burnt out in the Lincoln Courts area.

Police are appealing to anyone with information to contact them.

(CD)

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