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Friday, 23 July 2010

Teen 'lucky to be alive' after punishment shooting

Five men have been arrested after police seized two fire arms when a car was stopped in west Belfast.

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Police stopped the car at around 10pm on Thursday on the Falls Road and following a search of the vehicle they seized two guns.

The operation is understood to be linked to a punishment style shooting at a house in St James Road which happened a few minutes earlier, not far from where the car was pulled over.

The 18 year old man in the house was dragged outside and shot but he wasn't injured. UTV understands the gunmen tried to shoot him another six times, but that the gun jammed.

Sinn Fein councillor Briege Brownlee has said that the teenager is lucky to be alive.

"It was a terrible attack last night. No-one seems to know the full ins and outs of it yet but the facts are that there was a young baby and a young girl in this house as well, and any one of them could have been seriously hurt, if not killed."

Police say a motive has yet to be established, but politicians believe it is linked to anti-social behaviour.

SDLP councillor Tim Attwood said: "Clearly there's some, minority elements in west Belfast and across the north trying to terrorise local communities. There no support for that sort of activity and and they should get off the backs of local communities."

Five men were detained by officers during the operation.

They are currently being held at Antrim Serious Crime Suite where they are being questioned by detectives investigating the incident.

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At 15:37 on 27 July 2010, BIG ERNEST wrote:

republican; who are you to say who they are ? they are republicans like the ira for example , stop trying to justify the pira and its actions , they were no better !!

At 18:46 on 26 July 2010, republican wrote:

These people are not republicans, stop referring to them as that and call them by their proper title ie gangsters, hoods, criminals, drug dealers etc.

At 21:09 on 25 July 2010, republican wrote:

Theyll get out soon as theyre probably all informers anyway. idiots

At 16:36 on 23 July 2010, big ernest wrote:

well done to the psni , it is good that dangerous firearms have been taken of republicans before they have been used on the security forces or the population of the north , either side , hope they receive long sentences which they deserve , who do they think they are shooting people ?

At 15:03 on 23 July 2010, Brian wrote:

I agree Windy. Well done to the Police. By the way Windy. Where have you been? I remember watching you on TV as a child.

At 13:20 on 23 July 2010, Windy Miller wrote:

Well done PSNI. Let's hope that the good police work is not undermined by the judicial system.