A woman has been threatened at gun point and warned to get out of Northern Ireland within 48 hours or face death, police said today.
A gun was put to her head during a terrifying ordeal when a gang of masked men smashed their way into a house at Clough, Co Down last night.
Three armed men used sledgehammers to force their way into the house at Ardminin Road. As they did so, the occupants - three women and a youth - locked themselves in the bathroom.
But the gang broke down the door and put a gun to the head of one of the woman and said she if she had not left Northern Ireland within 48 hours she would be shot dead. Before leaving, the gang smashed up the house.
Police investigating the incident said they did not know what was behind the threats to the woman.