Man seized, shot in ankles

A 27-year-old man was recovering in hospital yesterday after being seized by hooded men and shot in both ankles in north Belfast…

A 27-year-old man was recovering in hospital yesterday after being seized by hooded men and shot in both ankles in north Belfast on Tuesday night. They entered a house in Ballymoney Street, Ardoyne, and took the man away in a car.

Republican paramilitaries are being blamed.

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