DETECTIVES are investigating after a 23-year-old man was shot in the leg in Derry last night.
Police say he was attacked by two masked men inside a bookmakers’ shop at Central Drive in the Creggan area of the city.
The shooting incident happened around 8It happened at about 20:35 BST on Monday.
The man’s injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
Sinn Fein councillor Kevin Campbell described it as “another pointless shooting” and said a number of young people from a nearby youth club had witnessed the attack.
“He had played a football match earlier, across the way on the football field, then came over,” he said.
“He was playing a poker machine when two masked men came in and forced him to ground and shot him in the leg.
“You could see he was injured as there was blood on the ground.
“This community doesn’t want this type of behaviour,” added Cllr Campbell.
Anyone with information about the gunmen is asked to ring detectives at the Reactive and Organised Crime Branch in Strand Road PSNI station on the 101 number.
Or, information can be passed anonymously to Crimestoppers on freephone 0800 555 111.
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