Man injured NI paramilitary-style shooting

A man in his late teens has been taken to hospital suffering a gunshot wound to his right calf.

A man in his late teens has been taken to hospital suffering a gunshot wound to his right calf.

The incident happened shortly after 9pm last night in the Jubilee Road area of Newtownards, Co Down.

The PSNI are treating the incident as a paramilitary-style shooting.

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