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| Child 'terrified' by gun attack | Child 'terrified' by gun attack |
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| The mother of a six-year-old girl who was in a house during a gun attack in Londonderry said her daughter was left "terrified". | The mother of a six-year-old girl who was in a house during a gun attack in Londonderry said her daughter was left "terrified". |
| The woman, who does not want to be named, was downstairs with her daughter and four-week-old baby when her partner David Knight was shot in the legs. | The woman, who does not want to be named, was downstairs with her daughter and four-week-old baby when her partner David Knight was shot in the legs. |
| Her brother, Noel Lavy, was also shot in the leg in another attack at Creggan Heights in the city on Tuesday. | Her brother, Noel Lavy, was also shot in the leg in another attack at Creggan Heights in the city on Tuesday. |
| Police said they believed the same gang was responsible for both attacks. | |
| The woman said she did not know why her partner and brother were targeted. | The woman said she did not know why her partner and brother were targeted. |
| "One of them came into the living room and said 'don't phone anyone' and someone else said 'don't let scum into your house' but to me they're the scum, we've done nothing wrong," she said. | "One of them came into the living room and said 'don't phone anyone' and someone else said 'don't let scum into your house' but to me they're the scum, we've done nothing wrong," she said. |
| "I'm still all shook up and the wain doesn't want to go back to the house." | "I'm still all shook up and the wain doesn't want to go back to the house." |
| 'Disgusted' | 'Disgusted' |
| Mr Knight, was shot three times after five masked men forced their way into the house in Melmore Gardens, Creggan. | |
| "They shot him twice in one leg and once in the other, one of the bullets went through his leg and he caught it in his hand," the woman said. | |
| Mr Lavy, from Creggan Heights, was shot three times in his left leg after four masked men entered his house. | |
| Carol Lavy, Noel's mother, said she got a phone call saying her son and Mr Knight had been shot. | Carol Lavy, Noel's mother, said she got a phone call saying her son and Mr Knight had been shot. |
| "I was disgusted, I panicked and I fainted, I wasn't good and I'm still not. | "I was disgusted, I panicked and I fainted, I wasn't good and I'm still not. |
| "His living room was covered with bullets, his TV, his sofa and then they shot him," Mrs Lavy added. | "His living room was covered with bullets, his TV, his sofa and then they shot him," Mrs Lavy added. |
| "I want to see who carried this out, why they did it and what's going to be done about it." | "I want to see who carried this out, why they did it and what's going to be done about it." |
| Could they tell me why they've done this, because it's not justice to me Kitty Knight | Could they tell me why they've done this, because it's not justice to me Kitty Knight |
| Similar paramilitary-style shootings which have taken place in Derry recently have been connected to drugs, but Mrs Lavy denied her son was involved in any criminality. | Similar paramilitary-style shootings which have taken place in Derry recently have been connected to drugs, but Mrs Lavy denied her son was involved in any criminality. |
| "It's absolutely not true, there is no way drugs have anything to do with it." | "It's absolutely not true, there is no way drugs have anything to do with it." |
| Both Mr Lavy and Mr Knight are due to undergo surgery at Altnagelvin Hospital on Wednesday. | Both Mr Lavy and Mr Knight are due to undergo surgery at Altnagelvin Hospital on Wednesday. |
| Kitty Knight said there was no justification for what happened to her son, David. | Kitty Knight said there was no justification for what happened to her son, David. |
| "Whatever he did in the past, for that he's been through the police and the courts," she said. | "Whatever he did in the past, for that he's been through the police and the courts," she said. |
| "These so-called faceless men have come along and give out their own justice, well where's justice in that? | "These so-called faceless men have come along and give out their own justice, well where's justice in that? |
| "Could they tell me why they've done this because it's not justice to me." | "Could they tell me why they've done this because it's not justice to me." |
| Forensic officers carried out a search of both houses on Wednesday morning in an attempt to gather evidence. | |
| Police want to speak to anyone who was in the areas between 2200 and 2300 BST on Tuesday. |