3 men shot in the legs

Three men in their 20s were shot in the legs in north Belfast last night in what appears to have been a paramilitary attack

Three men in their 20s were shot in the legs in north Belfast last night in what appears to have been a paramilitary attack. The three victims, aged 22, 28 and 29, were attacked in the Waterworks area of the Antrim Road shortly before 9.30p.m. by a group of four masked men, one armed with a handgun. The three were taken to hospital.

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