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| Appeals for calm after shooting | |
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| There have been appeals for calm after a shooting outside a bar in west Belfast. | |
| A man is in a stable condition in hospital after being injured in the incident. | |
| Trouble started in the Laurel Glen Bar on the Stewartstown Road in Twinbrook, just before 1900 BST on Friday. | |
| A Sinn Fein councillor said she believed the incident was the result of a feud between members of the Travelling community in the area. | |
| The man was hit on the head with an iron bar. The fight moved outside, where he was apparently shot in the leg. | |
| Sinn Fein councillor Angela Nelson said she believed the trouble was linked to tensions within the Travelling community. | |
| "There was a funeral yesterday and a christening today and they all went back to the bar to celebrate," she said. | "There was a funeral yesterday and a christening today and they all went back to the bar to celebrate," she said. |
| "During the early part of the evening, a man walked into the bar, hit another man on the head with an iron bar and offered him outside for a fight. | |
| "There's an ongoing feud among a couple of the families, which we have, in turn, been dealing with through holding meetings. | "There's an ongoing feud among a couple of the families, which we have, in turn, been dealing with through holding meetings. |
| "I've been speaking to the brother of the fella that was shot and I've asked him to make sure that his family keep calm - we don't want it getting out of hand and anybody else getting hurt." | "I've been speaking to the brother of the fella that was shot and I've asked him to make sure that his family keep calm - we don't want it getting out of hand and anybody else getting hurt." |
| The victim, aged in his 20s, was taken by ambulance to the Royal Victoria Hospital in the city for treatment. | The victim, aged in his 20s, was taken by ambulance to the Royal Victoria Hospital in the city for treatment. |
| Police officers have appealed for any witnesses to contact them. | Police officers have appealed for any witnesses to contact them. |