Shots fired at SF councillor's home

A gun attack was launched on the west Belfast home of a prominent Sinn Féin councillor overnight.

At least two bullets smashed through the reinforced glass window of the living room of his home in the Lenadoon area.

Paul Butler, a councillor in Lisburn, Co Antrim, was at the house with his partner and two young children when the attack took place, a Sinn Féin spokesman said.

He has been targeted by loyalists in the recent past with a bomb attack on his home and graffiti daubed in the area.

There were no reports of anyone being injured in the attack.

Police said they were investigating reports of a shooting in the area.