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A delivery driver is feared dead tonight after one of three bloody gun attacks in less than 24 hours.

The victim was blasted as he sat in his black Ford Focus car in the Lady Street area of West Belfast . Horrified residents told how they heard two shots.

He had survived two previous assassination attempts.

In April of last year he was shot in the face at point-blank range at his Antrim Road home. The murder bid followed another attempt on his life when he was shot several times in his car by the Continuity IRA.

He previously spoke out to deny any involvement in criminality.

The victim was gunned down shortly after 10pm.

A spokeswoman for the Belfast Trust was unable to provide an update on his condition late tonight.

Hours earlier a 17-year-old boy was shot several times in a paramilitary-style gun attack as children played nearby.

The victim was targeted at Carlisle Square in North Belfast.

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Sources in the area said his mother rushed to comfort her son moments after the “barbaric” gun attack. It was claimed he was struck up to four times at about 7.30pm.

One resident told Belfast Live a group of children were playing nearby when the shots rung out.

He said: “It was barbaric. There is an area of green there where kids were playing in the good weather.”

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And in the early hours a man in his 20s was shot a number of times.

West Belfast MLA Alex Attwood condemned those responsible.

He said: “I am appalled by the events of the last 24 hours in areas of West and North Belfast.

“Those behind these deplorable shootings must be condemned outright by us all.

“We must demonstrate the same resolve we did in the past - resist those who carry out these atrocities, who use guns to reject Irish democracy and ignore the rule of law.

“I urge anyone with information about these shootings to share it with the police so those responsible can be taken off our streets.”

The shootings are not believed to be connected.

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