A man has been shot dead in Belfast in what local sources said was a so-called punishment shooting carried out by Irish republican dissidents. However, local and security sources later told the Guardian that the man had died from his injuries. The victim was shot at Glenwood Court, around the corner from Glenwood Drive where on Sunday night another man was shot, sustaining up to six bullet wounds to his legs. In their communique they claimed to have attempted to murder another man in the same area whom they accused of dealing heroin in west and north Belfast. The 56-year-old victim of Sunday’s shooting was from Ardoyne in north Belfast.

Source: The Guardian October 20, 2016 22:07 UTC