Londonderry: Man critically ill after double shooting

A man is in a critical condition in hospital after he and another man were shot in the legs in the Creggan area of Londonderry on Saturday.

The pair were attacked in an alleyway in Rinmore Drive shortly after 18:35 GMT and both were taken to hospital.

One of the injured men has since been discharged, but the other man was transferred to Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital where he is in intensive care.

Police said they believe dissident republicans carried out the shootings.

They said a 48-year-old man was shot in his thigh and shin and a 31-year-old was shot in his thigh.

Det Insp Michelle Boyd described the attack as savage and repugnant.

"The fact the victims were shot in a residential area at a time when people would have been out and about shows just how reckless those responsible are, and how they have no regard whatsoever for life," she said.

Four people have now been shot in Derry since the start of the year.