Continuity IRA claim Ardoyne shootings
The Continuity IRA claim they shot two men in north Belfast on Friday night.
The pair, aged 23 and 25, were rushed to hospital, where they were treated for gunshot wounds to their left legs.
It happened at Etna Drive – in the Ardoyne area – at around 11pm.
Father Gary Donegan, from Holy Cross Church in the area, who spoke to one of the victims’ family on Friday night, said: “It’s just the whole shock and fear of this. And they’re very upset at the nature of their son’s injuries.”
Alliance North Belfast representative, Cllr Billy Webb, has expressed his revulsion at the shooting.
“I am disgusted by the perpetrators of this shooting. Attacks like this have no place in our society, it is a relic of the past. This act has achieved nothing except to cause pain and hurt in our community
“I hope these young men are able to make a speedy recover from their injuries. My thoughts are with them at this difficult time.”
