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PETER MORRISON/AP
Northern Ireland
Man shot in ankle in 'punishment-style' Belfast shooting
A 22-year-old is wounded in Saunderson Court in North Belfast, while a 20-year-old is separately shot in Tyrone.
A MAN HAS been shot in the ankle in North Belfast in what police described as an apparent “punishment-style” attack.
The 22-year-old was shot at Saunderson Court shortly after 11pm yesterday.
A PSNI spokeswoman said the man’s injuries are not believed to be life threatening, but investigations were ongoing.
A separate investigation has begun into an attack, also last night, Co Tyrone when a 20-year-old man was shot in the leg.
The incident happened at 11.15pm when the victim was approached by three men.
They took him to a playing field in the Glebe area of Sion Mills where he was shot. His injuries are also thought not to be life threatening.
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