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Gang shoot homeowner to get guns | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
Legally-held guns have been stolen from two houses in west Belfast, with one man being shot when he refused to give a gang his firearms. | |
The first robbery happened at about 1830 GMT on Wednesday in Larkspur Rise off the Suffolk Road. | |
A man in his 30s was shot in the leg when he refused to hand over weapons to a three-strong gang. | |
Just 45 minutes later three men forced the occupant of a house on Ballymurphy Road to hand over firearms. | |
Police are investigating a link between the two incidents. | |
The shot man's injuries are not believed to be life-threatening, while the other person is being treated for shock. | |
The police have appealed for anyone who may have been in the Suffolk Road or Ballymurphy Road areas around these times or who may have any information to contact them. |