12/11/2009

Limerick Stabbing Investigated

Gardaí are investigating a stabbing incident in Limerick city in which a man was injured.

The incident happened around midnight in O'Malley Park in the Southill area.

The man was taken to the Mid-Western Regional Hospital Dooradoyle.

His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

The city has seen more than its fair share of violent incidents.

Only yesterday, two men were arrested in connection with an unconnected shooting incident.

A 26-year-old man received a number of pellet wound injuries when he was shot at in his car at the railway line in Limerick's Ahane area.

Yesterday he was in hospital, where it was understood his injuries were not serious and he is being treated at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick.

(BMcC/GK)

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