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| A gunman opened fire directly at a 20-year-old woman during an attack on her north Belfast home, the victim has said. | A gunman opened fire directly at a 20-year-old woman during an attack on her north Belfast home, the victim has said. |
| The family escaped injury after a number of shots were fired at their house in the Cranbrook Court area of Ardoyne on Thursday night. | The family escaped injury after a number of shots were fired at their house in the Cranbrook Court area of Ardoyne on Thursday night. |
| A bullet went into the bedroom of the woman's eight-year-old sister. | A bullet went into the bedroom of the woman's eight-year-old sister. |
| The family's car was also damaged by two shotgun blasts during the incident, said the police. | The family's car was also damaged by two shotgun blasts during the incident, said the police. |
| The PSNI are investigating a motive for the attack, but it is not thought paramilitaries were involved. | The PSNI are investigating a motive for the attack, but it is not thought paramilitaries were involved. |
| The incident took place shortly before 2200 GMT. | The incident took place shortly before 2200 GMT. |
| The adults were absolutely trembling - I just felt so sorry for them Father Aidan Troy | The adults were absolutely trembling - I just felt so sorry for them Father Aidan Troy |
| The child had been sent to bed, but had come back down because she was sick, when a bullet smashed through her bedroom window. | The child had been sent to bed, but had come back down because she was sick, when a bullet smashed through her bedroom window. |
| Her 20-year-old sister watched as one of the gunmen fired several rounds at the front of the house. | Her 20-year-old sister watched as one of the gunmen fired several rounds at the front of the house. |
| Local priest Father Aidan Troy visited them after the attack. | Local priest Father Aidan Troy visited them after the attack. |
| "They had an amazingly lucky escape - they were trembling," he said. | "They had an amazingly lucky escape - they were trembling," he said. |
| "They had to get the little girl away to relatives - it was just too much for her. | "They had to get the little girl away to relatives - it was just too much for her. |
| "The adults were absolutely trembling - I just felt so sorry for them." | "The adults were absolutely trembling - I just felt so sorry for them." |
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| The family said they had been victimised for up to a year, but do not know why. | The family said they had been victimised for up to a year, but do not know why. |
| They claimed there had been another gun attack on the house on Saturday, which was not reported to police. | They claimed there had been another gun attack on the house on Saturday, which was not reported to police. |
| On that occasion they said when the gunmen left they shouted that they were with "the republican movement". | On that occasion they said when the gunmen left they shouted that they were with "the republican movement". |
| Meanwhile, police in County Tyrone are investigating an incident in which three shots were fired at a house in Benburb. | |
| It happened while a family slept in the house on Drumflugh Road but they did not realise what had happened until Friday morning. |