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| Belfast: Man shot dead in car in west of the city | Belfast: Man shot dead in car in west of the city |
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| A man in his 50s has been shot dead in west Belfast. | A man in his 50s has been shot dead in west Belfast. |
| It is understood he was a takeaway delivery man and had been taking an order to Lady Street near Grosvenor Road when he was shot in his car at about 22:20 BST on Monday. | It is understood he was a takeaway delivery man and had been taking an order to Lady Street near Grosvenor Road when he was shot in his car at about 22:20 BST on Monday. |
| The scene of the shooting has been cordoned off by police. | The scene of the shooting has been cordoned off by police. |
| It is the third shooting to take place in the city within 24 hours. Two men were injured in separate gun attacks in north Belfast earlier on Monday. | It is the third shooting to take place in the city within 24 hours. Two men were injured in separate gun attacks in north Belfast earlier on Monday. |
| Sinn Féin MP Paul Maskey condemned the shooting. | Sinn Féin MP Paul Maskey condemned the shooting. |
| "There can be no place in our society for such actions," he said. | "There can be no place in our society for such actions," he said. |
| "Those behind this incident have nothing to offer the community and need to stop these futile actions immediately." | "Those behind this incident have nothing to offer the community and need to stop these futile actions immediately." |
| SDLP MLA Alex Attwood said people in west Belfast were becoming anxious about shootings and violence happening in their area. | |
| "There are people who are now trying to assert their violent and bad authority on the community," he said. | |
| "People are beginning to use the gun and use it with regularity up to the point of murder." |