Man dies following shooting in west Belfast

A 43-year-old man has died from injuries he sustained during a shooting incident in west Belfast.

On Thursday night, a Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) spokesman said the man was hospitalised after suffering serious injuries in the Glenwood Court area shortly before 8.15pm.

The PSNI later confirmed the man had died.

SDLP justice spokesman Alex Attwood MLA condemned those behind what he described as a “barbaric attack”.

“I completely condemn the latest barbaric attack on a man in west Belfast,” he said. “These savage assaults had no place in our past and they have no place in our society today.

“This is a very small group of people, unrepresentative of the local community, who have now repeatedly taken the law into their own hands.

“The best response that we can make is to provide information to law enforcement and ensure that these individuals are caught, arrested and prosecuted under the full weight of the law.”

A murder inquiry has begun and Det Chief Insp Peter Montgomery has appealed for anyone with information to contact detectives at Musgrave Street Station.

A statement from Sinn Féin MLA Jennifer McCann condemned the shooting.