Man shot in knees in Derry
A man was taken to hospital in Derry last night with gunshot wounds to his knees.
The paramilitary-style attack on the 50-year-old took place at a house in Spittal Hill, Coleraine, at 11pm.
Meanwhile, the SDLP has condemned the beating of a man in South Armagh yesterday.
The 45-year-old was found on Sheetrim Road in Cullyhanna by fire crews who were called out to a burning car at 10am.
He had been beaten with clubs studded with nails, in what the PSNI described as a “barbaric” attack.
The man suffered two broken arms and legs and multiple injuries to his face and body.
SDLP Assembly member for Newry and Armagh Dominic Bradley said there were still some people who had no qualms about using violence.
“Had it not been for the fire brigade which extinguished the fire, he could have been burnt to death in his car,” he said.
“This has all the hallmarks of a paramilitary operation. I would call on all political parties to condemn this.”
The man, who was driving a silver-coloured car, had dropped his children off at Annaghmore Primary School in the Kiltybane area, when he was abducted in a second car. He remained in critical condition in the Royal Hospital in Belfast.
The PSNI said they were treating the attack as attempted murder.
