Two injured in NI shootings

Two people were being treated in hospital in the North yesterday after separate shooting incidents

Two people were being treated in hospital in the North yesterday after separate shooting incidents. A man was rushed to hospital in Belfast for treatment following an incident in the North Queen Street/Glenrossa area of the city at about 3.30 p.m. In the second incident in Ballymena, Co Antrim, early yesterday, a 16-year-old youth suffered a leg injury in a so-called punishment attack.

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