Belfast: Man shot in back in murder attempt

The shooting happened in a flat on the Antrim Road on Wednesday night

Police are treating an attack on a man in his 40s in north Belfast as attempted murder after he was shot in the back and in the legs.

Four masked men went in to a property on the Antrim Road at about 22:15 on Wednesday and attacked the man inside.

Paramedics were called and the man was taken to hospital, where he remains in a stable condition.

A second man who was also in the property at the time was not injured but was left badly shaken, said police.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland said: "We are appealing to anyone who was in the area at the time and saw what happened, or who may have any information which may assist, to get in touch."