Armed gang shoots Derry man in legs

Members of an armed gang held a gun to the head of a 14-year-old girl in Derry city while other gang members went upstairs and…

Members of an armed gang held a gun to the head of a 14-year-old girl in Derry city while other gang members went upstairs and shot her brother in both legs.

Tony Dalzell (23) sustained five bullet wounds when he was shot in the bedroom of his home in the Creggan area on Tuesday night.

The victim’s mother, Katie Dalzell, said the family was traumatised by the attack.

One of his sisters, Brenda Dalzell, said she held her brother’s head as he was being tended to by paramedics.

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“He kept asking me if he was going to die. He cried for me not to leave him. He was in terrible pain.”