Shots fired in Tyrone pub attack

Police in Co Tyrone are investigating an incident in which shots were fired in a bar at Railway Road, Strabane.

Police in Co Tyrone are investigating an incident in which shots were fired in a bar at Railway Road, Strabane.

Two masked men, armed with a shotgun and a handgun, entered the bar at 1.15 a.m. and discharged a shot into a glass display cabinet.

They asked for two men by name and then fired two shots at a glass display cabinet.

There were 30 people in the bar when the shooting happened. The Northern Ireland Police Service is appealing for witnesses.

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