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| West Belfast: Man shot dead on Springfield Road | West Belfast: Man shot dead on Springfield Road |
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| A man has been shot dead in west Belfast. | A man has been shot dead in west Belfast. |
| It is believed the shooting happened close to a supermarket in the vicinity of the Peter Pan Centre industrial estate on the Springfield Road. | |
| A section of the Springfield Road, between the Falls Road and Elswick Street, has been closed to traffic. | A section of the Springfield Road, between the Falls Road and Elswick Street, has been closed to traffic. |
| A red BMW car was later found on fire at Beechmount Grove close to the scene of the attack. | |
| BBC Northern Ireland reporter Chris Page said from the scene: "It is understood the shooting happened at a fuel depot. The victim was taken into a yard and shot. A local priest gave last rites." | |
| Colin Keenan, a councillor for the nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), said it was a horrific scene, with the dead man lying in the grounds of the industrial estate and exposed to view from surrounding residents' windows. | |
| Relatives at the scene are devastated, he added. | |
| Mr Keenan said: "I condemn this murder completely and in doing so I reflect the view of all of the community. | |
| "There is a real sense of shock that this has happened. | |
| "We have long hoped that the shadow of death had been lifted from west Belfast. | |
| "Today's event is a terrible, tragic reminder of the violent conflict of the past." | |
| Jim McVeigh, a Sinn Féin councillor for the area, called those responsible "thugs and criminals". | |
| A Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) spokesman said: "Police are investigating a fatal shooting in the Springfield Road area of west Belfast this afternoon. | |
| "One man has been shot dead in the vicinity of the Peter Pan centre." |