Three injured in assaults

Three men have been injured in paramilitary-style attacks in the North

Three men have been injured in paramilitary-style attacks in the North. A 27year-old man received arm injuries during an assault by four men at his home in Strabane, Co Tyrone. They attacked him on Wednesday night with iron bars. A 23-year-old man was admitted to hospital with gunshot wounds to both legs following an attack on Wednesday afternoon in the Shankill area of Belfast.

A 32-year-old man was shot in both legs in a paramilitary style punishment attack in Ballymena, Co Antrim last night.