26/03/2019

Garda Appeal For Information On Drogheda Shooting Incident

Gardaí have issued an appeal for information following a shooting incident in Drogheda in which a teenager was shot in the leg.

An investigation was launched after a 19-year-old man attended the Emergency Department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital at approximately 11:30pm last night. The man had suffered what garda describe as an "apparent gunshot wound to his knee".

Garda have said that they currently don't know where the shooting incident took place but it is believed to have been in the Drogheda area.

The shooting incident occurred just a number of hours after a major security alert in the Rathmullen Estate in which a suspected explosive device was thrown at a house.


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