RUC probe shooting incidents in Belfast

Two men have been injured in separate shooting incidents in Belfast today.

Two men have been injured in separate shooting incidents in Belfast today.

The first shooting happened shortly before midday on Glenbawn Walk in Dunmurry, when a man was shot in the left knee in what the RUC describe as a 'paramilitary-style' shooting.

At around 1.45 p.m. another man, who was walking along Debinish Drive in the city, was forced into a van and taken to a nearby park where he was shot in the right leg.

Both men are recovering in hospital.

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