Man taken to hospital after west Belfast shooting

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Pacemaker A achromatic property car with a taxi motion sits successful a car park. There is simply a constabulary cordon tied to a thoroughfare sign. A marked constabulary car is parked down the taxi. There are a assortment of trees and patches of writer astatine the perimeter. Two forensic officers successful achromatic assemblage suits analyse the taxi.

A antheral has been taken to infirmary aft a shooting incidental successful the Bell Steel Manor country of Dunmurry successful westbound Belfast, constabulary person said.

It is understood the antheral was driving a taxi astatine the clip of the shooting.

The incidental happened astatine astir 10:32 GMT, the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) said.

Road users are advised the Bell Steel Road, adjacent to the junction of Laurelbank, is presently closed.

Pacemaker A achromatic property car with a taxi motion sits successful a car park. There is simply a constabulary cordon tied to a thoroughfare motion for "Bell Steel Manor". A marked constabulary car is parked down the taxi. There are a assortment of trees and patches of writer astatine the perimeter.

Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) despatched a accelerated effect paramedic and an exigency ambulance unit to the incident.

Following appraisal and archetypal attraction astatine the scene, 1 diligent was taken by ambulance to Royal Victoria Hospital, NIAS said.

'Disgraceful enactment of violence'

Pacemaker Two radical successful achromatic forensic suits lasting connected a thoroughfare adjacent a constabulary cordon. A Uniformed serviceman is walking distant from the camera. In the inheritance a premises with its shutter down and a bin that says "litter" connected it.

SDLP councillor Paul Doherty described the incidental arsenic a "disgraceful enactment of violence".

"There is nary spot for this benignant of unit connected our streets and the usage of a firearm successful this onslaught is besides precise concerning," helium said.

"I would impulse radical to debar this country portion constabulary transportation retired their probe and to travel guardant to constabulary with immoderate accusation truthful those down this shooting tin beryllium apprehended and this limb seized earlier causing harm to anyone else."

Sinn Féin MLA Danny Baker lasting connected a thoroughfare infront of constabulary cordons. He is wearing a acheronian bluish shirt. He has abbreviated acheronian hair.

Sinn Féin MLA Danny Baker condemned the "reckless attack", adding determination is "no justification" for guns connected the streets.

"This is an highly engaged country successful our community, with galore section families and children passing done to sojourn shops, be sports grooming and spell astir their regular lives," helium said.

"I privation to widen my champion wishes to the antheral who has been taken to hospital, and I anticipation that helium afloat recovers.

"The assemblage is profoundly worried," Mr Baker said.

"There are a batch of children going to training, and they're going to travel retired and spot this, its not nice.

"Our assemblage does not privation this," helium added.

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