THE brother of a drug dealer shot dead in a gangland hit in May 2009 escaped with his life yesterday after a gunman fired up to 10 shots at him.

TWO men have died after a shooting in inner city Dublin last night.

The latest victim of gangland warfare was gunned down in a hail of bullets as he fled several armed men, it emerged tonight.

Fears were growing today that a feud between rival factions in Dublin would escalate after a member of a criminal gang was shot dead.