A 33-year-old woman was recovering in hospital yesterday after being shot in the leg. Her family has claimed she was the victim of a sectarian attack by loyalists.
The woman was shot in the right leg while talking to a friend at Balkan Street, off the Falls Road in west Belfast, at round 11.30 p.m. on Wednesday. An RUC spokesman said officers had yet to establish the circumstances of the incident and a motive for the attack.