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09/07/2002
Two injured in shooting incident
A teenage boy and a man have been treated in hospital after a shooting in County Down.
The attack happened at about 7.30pm on Monday at Barcroft Park, Newry, when four shots from a shotgun were fired from a car.
The 30-year-old man and 14-year-old boy were taken to Daisy Hill Hospital in the town, where they were treated for pellet wounds.
They are believed to be members of the travelling community.
A local Sinn Fein councillor has blamed the incident on a feud between travellers.
Meanwhile a man is in hospital after being beaten in an attack in County Down.
The 23-year-old man was in bed when four men forced their way into his home in Meadowbank Park, Newtownards at about 11.15pm on Monday.
They were armed with a sledgehammer and baseball bats. Three men beat him with the bats while the fourth man held his wife in the bathroom.
The attackers set the family car alight as they left.
The man suffered a broken arm, bruising and cuts.
(AMcE)
The attack happened at about 7.30pm on Monday at Barcroft Park, Newry, when four shots from a shotgun were fired from a car.
The 30-year-old man and 14-year-old boy were taken to Daisy Hill Hospital in the town, where they were treated for pellet wounds.
They are believed to be members of the travelling community.
A local Sinn Fein councillor has blamed the incident on a feud between travellers.
Meanwhile a man is in hospital after being beaten in an attack in County Down.
The 23-year-old man was in bed when four men forced their way into his home in Meadowbank Park, Newtownards at about 11.15pm on Monday.
They were armed with a sledgehammer and baseball bats. Three men beat him with the bats while the fourth man held his wife in the bathroom.
The attackers set the family car alight as they left.
The man suffered a broken arm, bruising and cuts.
(AMcE)
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