Man wounded in Belfast

A man received gunshot wounds to the leg and shoulder in a punishment-style attack in a loyalist district of Belfast last night…

A man received gunshot wounds to the leg and shoulder in a punishment-style attack in a loyalist district of Belfast last night.

The man, aged 20, was held down by two masked gunmen who shot him in the right knee, left thigh and left shoulder after bursting into his home at Harrisburg Street at around 8.30 p.m. His condition was described as stable.

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