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03rd Mar 2020

A teenager has been arrested following a shooting incident in Tipperary

Alan Loughnane

Castlerea

A teenager has been arrested in Tipperary and a number of firearms have been seized following a shooting incident in Mullinahone.

At approximately 10.30pm on Monday night, Gardaí in Clonmel received reports of shots fired outside at a house in the Mullinahone area.

It’s understood a number of people were in the house at the time but no one was injured. Gardaí recovered a number of spent casings from the scene.

During a follow up operation involving local Gardaí and members of the Armed Support Units a man in his late teens was arrested.

A number of licenced firearms and ammunition were seized.

The youth is currently detained under Section 30 of the Offences against the State Act, 1939 at Clonmel Garda Station.

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