Three recovering from gunshot wounds

Three people shot in the legs last night are recovering in a Northern Ireland hospital.

Three people shot in the legs last night are recovering in a Northern Ireland hospital.

The victims were wounded at about 5.30 a.m. in an incident in Woodburn Crescent, in Dungannon, Co Tyrone.

Police have not indicated any motive for the shooting, but said the three men's injuries were not life threatening.

Meanwhile a family was treated for shock in Co Down when a shot was fired through a window of their house last night.

A man, his mother and sister were watching television in the living room of their home in The Green in the White City area of Holywood when a shot was fired at a bedroom window.

Police have appealed for information.

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