Gunfire follows burning of car

Gardai are investigating two shooting incidents in Dublin at the weekend

Gardai are investigating two shooting incidents in Dublin at the weekend. In Finglas, gardai said a row developed after a man drove a car into Whitestown estate and set it alight. A resident who told him to burn it somewhere elsewhere was ignored. A little later another man entered the estate armed with a shotgun and fired at the resident who had complained. The injured man was taken to the James Connolly Mememorial Hospital.

The second incident took place at Cappogue on the Finglas-Ratoath road. Gardai said four men were sitting in a stationary car. Two other men approached it from behind and one fired a shot into the back window. One was hit, but was not seriously injured.

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