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| Two injured in separate shootings | Two injured in separate shootings |
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| Two men have been taken to hospital for treatment after being shot in the legs in separate gun attacks in Northern Ireland. | Two men have been taken to hospital for treatment after being shot in the legs in separate gun attacks in Northern Ireland. |
| In Londonderry, a 23-year-old man was shot after five men wearing scarves entered his house in the Iniscarn Crescent area of the Creggan estate. | In Londonderry, a 23-year-old man was shot after five men wearing scarves entered his house in the Iniscarn Crescent area of the Creggan estate. |
| The attack took place at about 2000 GMT on Tuesday. | The attack took place at about 2000 GMT on Tuesday. |
| A 24-year-old man was shot by a masked gang about an hour later at his home on the Rossnareen Road in west Belfast. | A 24-year-old man was shot by a masked gang about an hour later at his home on the Rossnareen Road in west Belfast. |
| Appealing for information, police said neither man's injuries were thought to be life-threatening. | |
| Ricocheted | |
| The mother of the Derry victim told the BBC she had no idea why her son was targeted. | |
| She said her 14-year-old daughter and two friends were held at gunpoint in the living room while her son was singled out in his bedroom. | |
| A bullet went through the ceiling and ricocheted off a radiator, she said. | |
| The 23-year-old's wounds include a fractured femur and he is due to undergo an operation on Wednesday. | |
| Local residents are blaming the attack on a group known as Republican Action Against Drugs, which has been blamed for 12 similar attacks in the city in the past year. | |
| Sinn Fein councillor Patricia Logue said: "This has not worked in the past and it certainly won't work in the future. | |
| "The people of Derry no longer want their social problems dealt with in this manner." | |
| The attack in west Belfast was condemned by SDLP councillor Tim Attwood, who said: "Criminal or dissident groups have no right to take the law into their own hands. | |
| "Nobody in west Belfast wants to go back to the dark days of vigilantism." | "Nobody in west Belfast wants to go back to the dark days of vigilantism." |