Gardaí investigating a shooting incident in Limerick last weekend in which a six-year-old girl was injured have arrested five people.
Four men and one woman were arrested by gardaí investigating criminal activity in the Limerick area this afternoon.
A number of premises were searched during the operation.
The five are being held under Section 30 of the Offences against the State Act at several garda stations across the city.
The girl was injured on Saturday afternoon while she was playing on the street in the Lilac Court estate.
Shots were discharged from what gardaí believe was a pump action shotgun. The intended target was not wounded in the attack. However, pellets from the shots wounded the six-year-old in the legs.
Two vehicles were used in the attack and gardaí believe a well-known Limerick gang member was attempting to shoot another man with whom he is in dispute.
The girl was discharged from hospital after she was treated for pellet wounds to her legs.