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Belfast shooting, Oldpark Road: Man is critically ill | |
(about 1 hour later) | |
A man who was shot in the head in north Belfast is in a critical condition in hospital, police have said. | |
The attack took place at a fast food outlet on the Oldpark Road at about 17:40 GMT. | |
Police said a vehicle matching the description of the suspected getaway car has been found on fire a short distance away. | |
SDLP North Belfast MLA Alban Maginness said witnesses had told him two gunmen were involved in the attack. | |
Insp James Murphy has appealed for anyone with information about the attack to contact police. | |
"A report was made to police at around 5.40pm that a man had received a suspected gunshot wound to his head in the vicinity of the fast food takeaway. | |
"A blue coloured Vauxhall Astra estate car was seen to make off from the scene and a car matching this description was found on fire a short time later nearby in Torrens Gardens," the officer said. | |
'Very frightening' | |
Earlier, a witness told a BBC NI reporter at the scene that she heard the shot. | |
She said she saw the victim slumped in the takeaway restaurant and that he appeared to have a head wound. | |
Mr Maginnes visited the scene shortly after the attack and described the shooting as a "very frightening" incident. | |
"It has shocked people in the neighbourhood. It's a quiet, residential neighbourhood and all of us had thought that this type of incident had been put to rest" | |
Police remain at the scene and have closed the Oldpark Road. | |
Diversions are in place. |