Two wounded in Co Antrim

Two people were shot and wounded in paramilitary-style attacks in Co Antrim yesterday.

Two people were shot and wounded in paramilitary-style attacks in Co Antrim yesterday.

In Newtownabbey a 17-year-old was shot in the left leg. The incident took place at the rear of Ards Drive in the Monkstown Estate area shortly before 2 p.m.

In Monkstown a 24-year-old man was treated in hospital last night after being shot in the left leg at Cashel Walk at around 9.30 p.m.

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