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| Family escapes injury in shooting | Family escapes injury in shooting |
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| A woman and her daughter have escaped injury after shots were fired through the window of a house in County Antrim. | A woman and her daughter have escaped injury after shots were fired through the window of a house in County Antrim. |
| The shooting happened at 0215 GMT on Wednesday at Moat Road in the Ballykeel estate, Ballymena. | |
| It is understood a shotgun or similar firearm was fired through the front downstairs window. | It is understood a shotgun or similar firearm was fired through the front downstairs window. |
| The woman and her eight-year-old child were upstairs at the time. Three men are being questioned by police about the incident. | The woman and her eight-year-old child were upstairs at the time. Three men are being questioned by police about the incident. |
| Ballymena SDLP councillor Declan O'Loan condemned the attack. | |
| "To have a gun fired through the downstairs windows in the early hours of the morning was obviously a terrifying experience for a mother and her eight-year-old daughter," he said. | |
| "Indeed it will have been very alarming for all the neighbours in this quiet residential street. Fortunately, no-one was physically injured." |