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18/02/2005
Man shot in paramilitary-style attack
A 22-year-old man has been shot in a paramilitary-style attack in East Belfast on Thursday.
The man was walking along Coburg Street at around 9.30pm when he was confronted by six masked men who tied him up and shot him in the hands and thighs. His injuries are not thought to be life threatening.
Anyone who has any information or who was in the area at the time of the shooting is asked to contact Detectives at Strandtown on 028 9065 0222 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
Elsewhere, police have released details of a weapons find in West Belfast on Wednesday.
A machine gun, two replica machine guns and a number of other items where recovered during what police described as a "planned house search" in the Highfield estate area on Wednesday morning.
One man has been arrested and is helping Police with their enquiries.
(MB/SP)
The man was walking along Coburg Street at around 9.30pm when he was confronted by six masked men who tied him up and shot him in the hands and thighs. His injuries are not thought to be life threatening.
Anyone who has any information or who was in the area at the time of the shooting is asked to contact Detectives at Strandtown on 028 9065 0222 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
Elsewhere, police have released details of a weapons find in West Belfast on Wednesday.
A machine gun, two replica machine guns and a number of other items where recovered during what police described as a "planned house search" in the Highfield estate area on Wednesday morning.
One man has been arrested and is helping Police with their enquiries.
(MB/SP)
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