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A community is in shock after two men were shot in Derry in paramilitary-style attacks, ten minutes apart.<\/p>\nA community is in shock after two men were shot in Derry in paramilitary-style attacks, ten minutes apart.<\/p>\n
The shootings happened in the heavily-residential Ballymagroarty area of the city last night.<\/p>\n
Detective Sergeant Michelle Boyd, of the PSNI, said: \u201cBoth these incidents happened within 10 minutes of each other and less than 100 metres apart.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first, in which a 24-year-old man was shot in the knee was reported to us around 8.10pm and took place on a grassed area close to Corrib Court.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe second was reported just after 8.20pm, where a 32-year-old man was shot once in the leg on a grassed area near O\u2019Casey Court.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are treating both incidents as paramilitary\u2013style attacks; attacks that were brutal and vicious, and will leave these two men with both physical and psychological scars.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese attacks are yet again more examples of how criminal groups seek to control communities through fear and violence.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe would appeal to anyone who saw any suspicious activity in the Ballymagroarty area before the attacks last night to get in touch with detectives.”<\/p>\n
Both men were taken to hospital for treatment to their injuries.<\/p>\n
One resident told the Press Association the community have been shaken by the incident.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just can\u2019t believe it happened so out in the open, and so early in the evening, they have no shame.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere could have been children out playing or anything, it\u2019s not wanted in Ballymagroarty, or anywhere in Derry for that matter.\u201d<\/p>\n
Derry resident and Sinn Fein MEP Martina Anderson condemned the attack.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe people of Derry, across the city and district do not want this happening on our streets and we have demonstrated that and said it loud and clear,\u201d Ms Anderson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously they are not being listened to by those involved with these kinds of actions, but I would urge anyone with information to pass it onto the PSNI.\u201d<\/p>\n