Man shot in both legs in west Belfast paramilitary-style attack
A man has been shot in both legs in west Belfast in a paramilitary-style attack which police have described as “brutal”.
The victim, who is in his twenties, is in a stable condition in hospital after being shot at around 10pm on Tuesday in Turf Lodge.
It happened on the Monagh Road and is the third such attack in the area in the past week. Police said this morning that the victims were not connected.
Chief Superintendent Chris Noble said it was too early to say if the recent shootings were linked but dissident republican involvement was a line of inquiry.
Detective Inspector Richard Thornton said the man was walking along Monagh Road, close to shops, when he was stopped by two men who “forced him onto the ground before shooting him once in each leg”.
“This is a brutal, callous and horrific attack. This type of behaviour is totally and absolutely unacceptable,” he added.
Hours earlier police had been carrying out enquiries in the neighbourhood into the shooting of a husband and wife last Thursday in nearby Norglen Parade.
Peter and Marie Dorrian, both in their fifties, were shot by three men who came to their home.
Mr Dorrian was shot in the leg three times while his wife was shot in the ankle.
