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| Man 'shot in front of children' | |
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| A man was shot in a paramilitary-style attack in west Belfast while his children were in the house, according to a neighbour. | |
| The 29-year-old was admitted to hospital with gunshot wounds to both legs. He is in a stable condition. | |
| He was attacked at about 2115 BST on Thursday in the kitchen of his home in Norglen Crescent after a number of people got into the house. | |
| Anne Russell said she was alerted by the man's 10-year-old son. | |
| "When I went over he had been lying in the working kitchen where he had been shot," she said. | |
| "The wee boy was in a terrible state and the young baby was lying sleeping on the settee at a year and a half. | |
| "His wife was just in deep shock, the girl didn't know whether she was coming or going. But it was a terrible sight for any child to actually see his father being shot and lying the way he was lying." | |
| Paul Maskey, the area's Sinn Féin assembly member, said he did not know who was behind the attack, but that they did not represent the community. | Paul Maskey, the area's Sinn Féin assembly member, said he did not know who was behind the attack, but that they did not represent the community. |
| "They should stop and cease attacks of this nature because the vast majority of people from this community don't want these attacks to take place," he said. | "They should stop and cease attacks of this nature because the vast majority of people from this community don't want these attacks to take place," he said. |
| Detectives at Antrim Road PSNI Station have appealed to anyone with information about the shooting to contact them. |