Newry shooting was ambush and execution, say police

Gunmen who shot a man in Newry ambushed and executed him, say the police.

The 58-year-old was shot multiple times at Ardcarn Park shortly after 18:00 GMT on Thursday.

Supt Norman Haslett of the Police Service of Northern Ireland says the "level of violence used was reprehensible".

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