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23-year-old shot in the leg in Belfast

PSNI - Victim bundled into a van
PSNI - Victim bundled into a van

A 23-year-old man was wounded in a shooting in north Belfast last night.

A PSNI spokesman said the victim was bundled into a van on Ardoyne Avenue by two masked men and driven to Highbury Gardens where he was shot in the leg.

His attackers are believed to have escaped along Berwick Road.

The shooting was reported to the PSNI shortly after 7.30pm.