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Monday, 23 July, 2001, 09:37 GMT 10:37 UK
Three injured in separate attacks

Three men have been injured in separate paramilitary-style attacks in Northern Ireland.

A 19-year-old man was taken to hospital with bullet wounds to his legs and hands.

He was shot in the Legahory area of Craigavon at about 0800 BST on Sunday.

And a 32-year-old man has being treated in hospital after being attacked on the outskirts of Belfast at about 1800 BST on Sunday.

He suffered head, leg and arm injuries after six masked men beat him in the Ballyronan area of Rathcoole.

Meanwhile, a 20-year-old man has being treated in hospital for serious leg and arm injuries after he was attacked in Dromore.

He was beaten by a man with a baseball bat at the rear of flats in the Parkhill area of the town at about 0030 BST on Monday.

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