07/06/2013

Police Investigate Second West Belfast Shooting

Police are currently investigating the second shooting incident in west Belfast in one day.

A man was shot once in the right leg at Turf Lodge, west Belfast at about 20:10 on Thursday evening.

It is understood the 38-year-old was shot in an alleyway in the Ardmonagh Gardens area.

He is currently being treated in hospital.

Police are describing the gun attack as a paramilitary style shooting.

The incident follows another shooting on Thursday morning, in which a man escaped injury after being shot in this home in Avoca Close.

Two men entered his property at about 09:30. One man shot at the victim with a shotgun, but missed.

The two men then made off in the direction of the Upper Springfield Road.

(IT/MH)


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