Man shot in west Belfast attack

A man was shot in the leg in west Belfast last night.

A man was shot in the leg in west Belfast last night.

He was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries following the attack in an alleyway off Gibson Street in Lenadoon.

He was walking along Lenadoon Avenue at about 9.30pm when a saloon car carrying

four men approached him.

He was forced into the car and taken to the alleyway where he was shot.

Detectives appealed for anybody with information to contact them.

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