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'I was gunman's target' - victim Motive sought for shotgun attack
(about 2 hours later)
A gunman opened fire directly at a 20-year-old woman during an attack on her north Belfast home, the victim has said. Paramilitaries are not being blamed for a gun attack on a family's home in north Belfast on Thursday evening.
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's car was also damaged by two shotgun blasts during the incident in the Cranbrook Court area of Ardoyne.
A bullet went into the bedroom of the woman's eight-year-old sister. A 20-year-old woman who lives in the house said the gunman had opened fire directly at her at about 2200 GMT.
The family's car was also damaged by two shotgun blasts during the incident, said the police. A number of shots were fired at the house, and a bullet went into the bedroom of the woman's eight-year-old sister.
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 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. The adults were absolutely trembling - I just felt so sorry for them Father Aidan Troy Her elder 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.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.It happened while a family slept in the house on Drumflugh Road but they did not realise what had happened until Friday morning.