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03/10/2008
Teen Shooting Victim 'Serious'
A shooting in Co Londonderry has been slammed by police officers as "vicious".
The victim, a 16-year-old boy who was shot in both legs in a house in Coleraine is lucky to be alive, the PSNI have said.
They said that two masked and armed men forced their way into a house in the Crescent area of the town at about 10.30pm on Thursday and shot him in the legs.
The teenager is in a serious but stable condition in hospital in Belfast.
The BBC has reported that PSNI Inspector Una Duffin said the 16-year-old was attacked in front of his girlfriend in a "vicious and violent manner".
"This young man is a boy in the eyes of the law, and being subjected to this in a family home in a residential area in Coleraine is traumatic for the entire community.
"The young boy's family have had a very angry and strong reaction to what has happened, and they have all been traumatised by it," she said.
(BMcC)
The victim, a 16-year-old boy who was shot in both legs in a house in Coleraine is lucky to be alive, the PSNI have said.
They said that two masked and armed men forced their way into a house in the Crescent area of the town at about 10.30pm on Thursday and shot him in the legs.
The teenager is in a serious but stable condition in hospital in Belfast.
The BBC has reported that PSNI Inspector Una Duffin said the 16-year-old was attacked in front of his girlfriend in a "vicious and violent manner".
"This young man is a boy in the eyes of the law, and being subjected to this in a family home in a residential area in Coleraine is traumatic for the entire community.
"The young boy's family have had a very angry and strong reaction to what has happened, and they have all been traumatised by it," she said.
(BMcC)
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