Man being treated in hospital following incident in Poleglass on Sunday morning
Belfast shooting: the Bell Steel Road was closed and a cordon put in place after a taxi driver was shot. Photograph: Niall Carson/PAPolice and emergency services attended the scene of the incident in Poleglass.
Sinn Féin MLA Danny Baker called it a “reckless attack” and said there is “no justification for guns on our streets”. “I want to extend my best wishes to the man who has been taken to hospital, and I hope that he fully recovers,” he said.“I am shocked and angered to hear of the shooting of a west Belfast taxi driver in Poleglass this morning.“The news today comes as a shock to the good people of Poleglass who want no truck with the paramilitary violence of the past.
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