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Northern teenagers shot in Ibiza
Two teenagers from Northern Ireland have been shot and injured on the Spanish holiday island of Ibiza after being caught up in a gun battle between rival drug gangs.
British officials said neither of the youths had life-threatening injuries. The youths have been visited by the British consul.
The teenagers, who are understood to be from Bangor and Holywood, Co Down, and aged 18 and 19, were wounded outside a beach-front nightclub in the centre of San Antonio on Monday night.
One suffered a face wound and has been detained in hospital, where he is in a stable condition, while the other suffered a flesh wound to the chest and was discharged after treatment.
A teenage friend holidaying with the two escaped the shooting as he was still in the club.
The gangs "were shooting with no regard for tourists and passers-by", said police on the island, who were reported to have made a number of arrests.
Grave of Real IRA victim vandalised
Police in Derry have confirmed that they are investigating a series of attacks on the grave of a construction worker who was killed by a Real IRA booby-trap bomb four years ago.
On the fourth anniversary of her partner's murder, Mavis McFaul yesterday said she had no idea why anyone would want to desecrate the grave in Ballyoan cemetery of her partner, David Caldwell.
Mr Caldwell (51) was killed after he picked up a booby-trapped lunch box inside a Territorial Army camp at Limavady Road, Derry.
The father of four worked in the camp as a construction worker.
He was the first person killed by the Real IRA since the August 1998 Omagh bomb.
Ms McFaul said "a campaign of terror" had started against her and her daughter six months after Mr Caldwell's death.
Protest by family of murder victim
The family of a father who was shot dead in his home in Finglas, Dublin, in May are to begin a hunger strike tomorrow as part of their campaign for justice and stricter gun and bail laws.
Five of Lee Kinsella's 12 siblings are to protest in an attempt to highlight the fact that no one was ever arrested for his killing in front of his eight-year-old stepson in his home on Ratoath Avenue, Finglas, on May 8th.
The family yesterday presented a petition to the Department of Justice that called for stricter gun and bail laws.
Risks of drowning highlighted
People have been warned to be especially safety conscious when swimming or boating as August has often proved to be the worst month for drowning tragedies.
An Irish Water Safety spokesman said most deaths are the result of complacency, ignorance of the dangers, a lack of training or a combination of all those factors.
The greatest number of sea and freshwater accidents occur during the summer, mainly in August.
There were 131 drownings last year, 18 fewer than in 2004 and the lowest recorded since 1965, when 117 people drowned.
About 47 were believed to be accidental, 21 were undetermined and 63 were believed to be suicides.
"Swimming in the early morning and late at night, without lifeguard supervision, dramatically reduces your chances of being saved if you and your friends get into difficulties," said an Irish Water Safety spokesman.
"Cold water and strong currents on the open water require more energy than does swimming in a pool. If you're not in shape, you might have a hard time making it back to shore," he added. - (PA)