Shots fired in series of Belfast incidents

There were a number of separate shootings in Belfast last night.

There were a number of separate shootings in Belfast last night.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland is investigating reports that a gunman fired a shot into the Clarendon Bar in Garmoyle Street in the Docks area at about 10 p.m.

Earlier, a shot was fired from a car at four youths sitting in a bus shelter in the Fortwilliam of the Antrim Road in north Belfast. Nobody was injured in either incident.

Later, a 23-year-old man was discovered shortly after midnight at Bryson Court in New Mossley, north of the city, with a gunshot wound to a leg. He was taken to hospital.

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In Derry, two masked men - both believed to be armed with shotguns - forced their way into a house in Aughlish Court in the Waterside area of the city.

They went upstairs but were prevented from entering a bedroom after a 33-year-old man wedged the door shut.

A shot was fired through the door, but nobody was injured and the intruders fled.