Man injured in Armagh shooting

A man was shot twice in the leg in an attempted robbery in Co Armagh last night.

A man was shot twice in the leg in an attempted robbery in Co Armagh last night.

Two armed and masked men entered a house in the town of Meigh shortly before 9pm.

They demanded money from the male occupant of the house before shooting him twice in the leg.

The man was today recovering in hospital and his injuries are not serious.

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