Three injured in separate Belfast attacks

Three men have been injured in overnight violence in Northern Ireland.

Three men have been injured in overnight violence in Northern Ireland.

Two men suffered gunshot wounds in separate paramilitary-style shootings.

In the North Queen's Street area of Belfast, a man in his forties was shot in the leg. A man in his thirties was shot and wounded in the leg at Drumard Square in the south of the city.

A man in his forties is critically ill after being stabbed outside his house near the Limestone Road in north Belfast.

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