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| A gun attack in north Belfast which left a 25-year-old man seriously ill is being treated as attempted murder. | |
| The victim and two of his friends were sitting in a car in Brookfield Place, Ardoyne, when they were attacked just after 2100 BST on Thursday. | The victim and two of his friends were sitting in a car in Brookfield Place, Ardoyne, when they were attacked just after 2100 BST on Thursday. |
| Three or four masked men fired shots through the driver's window, hitting the victim in his legs and his abdomen. | Three or four masked men fired shots through the driver's window, hitting the victim in his legs and his abdomen. |
| A second man, in his 20s, sustained a graze wound to his leg and the third man was uninjured. | A second man, in his 20s, sustained a graze wound to his leg and the third man was uninjured. |
| Police have said they are continue to investigate a motive for the shooting and have appealed for anyone with information to come forward. | Police have said they are continue to investigate a motive for the shooting and have appealed for anyone with information to come forward. |
| Father Gary Donegan of Holy Cross said that he had talked to the victim's father and offered the family support as the man underwent surgery. | Father Gary Donegan of Holy Cross said that he had talked to the victim's father and offered the family support as the man underwent surgery. |
| "The young man had received three wounds and the most serious one where the bullet had entered its side and was lodged in his abdomen," he said. | "The young man had received three wounds and the most serious one where the bullet had entered its side and was lodged in his abdomen," he said. |
| "Now he had remained conscious and spoken to his father but obviously the concern then was about making him stable before entering into an operation." | "Now he had remained conscious and spoken to his father but obviously the concern then was about making him stable before entering into an operation." |
| Local Sinn Fein councillor Margaret McClenaghan said there was "no justification or reason" for the attack. | Local Sinn Fein councillor Margaret McClenaghan said there was "no justification or reason" for the attack. |
| "People here are stunned - they don't have a clue as to what the reason was behind it," she said. | "People here are stunned - they don't have a clue as to what the reason was behind it," she said. |