UPDATE 1-Two men shot in incidents in N.Ireland's Londonderry - police

Northern Ireland police said on Friday two men were shot in "paramilitary style attacks" at about 8 p.m. in two locations in the Ballymagroarty area of Londonderry. "Innocent residents shouldn't have to worry about criminal thugs shooting people outside their homes," the police department said in a tweet. (http://bit.ly/2G3mIol)

On Jan. 19, a car bomb detonated outside a courthouse in Londonderry. No one was injured in the blast, which was later claimed by a group calling itself the "IRA". The incident highlighted the threat still posed by militant groups opposed to a 1998 peace deal that largely ended three decades of violence in the British-run province. (Reporting by Ishita Chigilli Palli in Bengaluru Editing by Sonya Hepinstall)

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