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| Video shows moment shooting begins at boxing weigh-in in Dublin hotel | Video shows moment shooting begins at boxing weigh-in in Dublin hotel |
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| Footage has emerged of the moment a deadly shooting began at a boxing weigh-in at a hotel in Dublin. | Footage has emerged of the moment a deadly shooting began at a boxing weigh-in at a hotel in Dublin. |
| One man was killed and two others were injured after a shooting the Regency Hotel, near the Irish capital's city centre. | One man was killed and two others were injured after a shooting the Regency Hotel, near the Irish capital's city centre. |
| Three men allegedly stormed the foyer of the hotel dressed in “police style” uniforms and armed with what witnesses have said looked like AK-47s, according to the Irish News. | Three men allegedly stormed the foyer of the hotel dressed in “police style” uniforms and armed with what witnesses have said looked like AK-47s, according to the Irish News. |
| The men injured in the shooting are believed to be in their 20s or 30s. | The men injured in the shooting are believed to be in their 20s or 30s. |
| Garda, the Irish national police service, said one of the men has been pronounced dead. | Garda, the Irish national police service, said one of the men has been pronounced dead. |
| Gardai have reportedly begun investigating the incident. | Gardai have reportedly begun investigating the incident. |
| They were called to the scene, along with paramedics and Dublin Fire Brigade, at around 2.30pm on Friday. | They were called to the scene, along with paramedics and Dublin Fire Brigade, at around 2.30pm on Friday. |
| The two wounded victims have been rushed to The Mater and Beaumont hospitals with suspected gunshot wounds. | The two wounded victims have been rushed to The Mater and Beaumont hospitals with suspected gunshot wounds. |
| The scene has been sealed off. | The scene has been sealed off. |
| The weigh-in was ahead of a Clash of the Clans boxing-bout at the National Stadium in the south of the city, scheduled to take place on Saturday evening. | The weigh-in was ahead of a Clash of the Clans boxing-bout at the National Stadium in the south of the city, scheduled to take place on Saturday evening. |
| Box Nation - the TV channel due to broadcast the fight - tweeted that it would be cancelling the match. | |
| It said: "Following today's incident at the Dublin weigh in, tomorrow's show from the National Stadium has been cancelled". | |
| The bout was being promoted by Frank Warren and MGM Promotions, a Marbella-based gym run by Birmingham-born Irish boxer Matthew Macklin. | |
| Two years ago, former European light-middleweight boxing champion Jamie Moore was shot twice in the legs in Marbella, where he was training Macklin at the time. | |
| Additional reporting by Press Association | Additional reporting by Press Association |