Youths injured in North attacks

Two teenagers were injured in separate paramilitary-style attacks in the North, police said today.

A 17-year-old youth was shot once in the leg in Bangor, Co Down.

He was targeted by two men dressed in black with their faces hidden behind scarves while he was walking down an alleyway in the Kilclief Gardens area of the town.

Earlier, an 18-year-old was attacked and threatened at his home in Lisburn, Co Antrim.

He answered a knock on the front door of his home in the White Rise estate to be confronted by five men.

They dragged him outside into the front garden, where two guns were produced and the men threatened to shoot him.

After a scuffle the men ran off, leaving their victim suffering minor injuries. No shots were fired.