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Ireland - Garage shooting: ‘backward violence’
Left voices condemn destabilising Belfast gun attack on police

IRISH communists and trade unionists yesterday slammed a “pointless” shooting in Belfast blamed on dissident Republicans.

Motorists were filling up their vehicles on the forecourt of a north Belfast petrol station on Sunday night when a hail of bullets hit, injuring a policeman.

A high-velocity rifle was used to spray up to 10 shots, Police Service of Northern Ireland Chief Constable George Hamilton said yesterday.

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