Teenager shot in leg by masked vigilantes in Derry

PSNI condemns criminal gangs ‘seeking to control communities through fear’

Police in Derry are investigating a paramilitary style vigilante shooting in Derry on Wednesday night. Photograph: PA.

Police in Derry are investigating a paramilitary style vigilante shooting in Derry on Wednesday night. Photograph: PA.

A teenager received a gunshot wound to the leg in a paramilitary style vigilante shooting in Derry on Wednesday night.

The 17-year-old was attacked by two masked men who forced their way into his home in Gartan Square in the city’s Bogside area at around 10.45pm.

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