Three men are in hospital in the North today after being injured in paramilitary style attacks.
A 37-year-old man was shot in both elbows and ankles in the Creggan area of the border village of Crossmaglen in South Armagh.
A 19-year-old was attacked by a gang in his home on the Rathcoole estate at Newtownabbey in the north of Belfast city. Four masked men forced their way into the house at Doonbeg Drive and beat the teenager around the head and legs with baseball bats.
A 43-year-old man was shot once in the leg in at Abbot Drive in Newtownards, Co Down.