22/07/2004

Two men escape injury in shooting

Two men have escaped injury following a gun attack in Co Antrim last night.

The men were driving in a car along the Barnfield Road in Lisburn at around 8.30pm when two people on a red motorbike overtook them.

As they approached the Derriaghy Road, the pillion passenger fired one shot though the windscreen of the car missing both men.

The incident is not thought to have been sectarian, however police have appealed for anyone with information to contact them.

(MB)

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