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24/04/2006
North Belfast youth shot with air rifle
A 16-year-old boy has been treated in hospital after being shot with an air rifle in north Belfast at the weekend.
The incident happened on at around 1.30am on Friday in the Alexandra Park Avenue area of the city, although details of the attack were not released until Sunday evening.
A police spokesman said that the teenager is understood to have received two gun shot wounds consistent with being shot by an air rifle.
One man has been arrested in connection with the shooting and detectives seized the weapon in a follow-up search.
The youth was treated for his injuries, which are not thought to be life threatening.
(EF/GB)
The incident happened on at around 1.30am on Friday in the Alexandra Park Avenue area of the city, although details of the attack were not released until Sunday evening.
A police spokesman said that the teenager is understood to have received two gun shot wounds consistent with being shot by an air rifle.
One man has been arrested in connection with the shooting and detectives seized the weapon in a follow-up search.
The youth was treated for his injuries, which are not thought to be life threatening.
(EF/GB)
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