01/08/2006

NI teenagers shot in Ibiza

Two County Down teenagers have been shot during a holiday in Ibiza.

The pair, aged 18 and 19 years old, are understood to have been caught in the cross-fire between rival drug gangs, while standing outside a nightclub in San Antonio.

One of the young men is understood to have been shot in the face, while the other was shot in the chest.

It is not yet known how serious their injuries are.

(EF)

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