18/10/2004

Man and woman shot in Co Down bar

Police are appealing for witnesses after a man and woman were shot at a bar in Co Down on Sunday.

Both victims were sitting in McSwiggan's bar in Water Street, Newry, at around 7.30pm when a masked man armed with a handgun entered the premises and shot both individuals.

The male victim was initially brought to Daisy Hill Hospital along with the female, but he was later transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast for treatment.

SDLP assembly member Dominic Bradley and Ulster Unionist assembly member Danny Kennedy both condemned the shooting. Sinn Fein’s Davy Hyland said locals were “shocked and concerned” following the incident.

(MB/GMCG)

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