'Paramilitary' assault on man in Co Down

A 39-year-old man sustained gunshot wounds in his feet in an apparent paramilitary-style assault in a village in the Co Down …

A 39-year-old man sustained gunshot wounds in his feet in an apparent paramilitary-style assault in a village in the Co Down last night.

The wounded man has been taken to hospital. The shooting happened in the village of Killough at 7 p.m. last night when the man and two companions got out of a car. They were approached by two masked men, one of whom armed with a handgun.

They dragged the wounded man into a van before driving him to a sports ground where the shooting took place.

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