Newtownards: Young man threatened with shotgun

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Image caption, The incident happened in Ardmore Avenue, Newtownards, on Saturday evening

A young man has been threatened at gunpoint by two men who had their faces covered at a house in County Down.

Police said the victim avoided injury during the incident in Ardmore Avenue in Newtownards.

It happened at about 23:00 GMT on Saturday, they added.

Officers said the men entered the property, one of them armed with a shotgun and threatened the man before making off from the scene.

Meanwhile, a man aged in his 70s has been left "extremely shaken" after five masked men entered his home in Lisburn on Saturday.

Police received a report shortly before 23:30 GMT that the man had been threatened by the intruders, who were all wearing black clothing, balaclavas and long black gloves.

They rummaged through a number of rooms at the property in the Saintfield Road area before making off empty handed.

The victim was not physically injured.