YOUNG people are being forced to pay dissident republicans and criminal gangs to escape attacks with one family handing over £20,000 to stop their son being shot, it has been claimed. As drug addiction and criminality spiral in.
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A man has been taken to hospital following a shooting in Dunmurry, County Antrim.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said they received a report that a man had been shot in the lower leg at about 20:15 GMT on Wednesday.
They are currently at the scene in the Good Shepherd Road area of west Belfast.
Police are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to contact them.
West Belfast SDLP cllr Brian Heading said: There is no place for this kind of vicious attack on the streets of Belfast. People in this community don t need it, don t want it and don t deserve it.
Man taken to hospital following shooting in Belfast
The police are in attendance following the incident in the Poleglass area
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A man has been taken to hospital following a shooting in West Belfast tonight.
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