TWO teenagers have been arrested following a murder attempt on a 33-year-old man in Glasgow.
Police Scotland today confirmed that the two men, aged 16 and 17, have been arrested in connection with the incident which took place in Barlanark on Saturday night.
READ MORE: Man in hospital after 'shooting' on Garlieston Road
A Police Scotland statement read: “Around 9.25pm on Saturday, September 25, officers attended a report of the 33-year-old man injured in Garlieston Road
“The injured man was taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary where hospital staff describe his condition as serious but stable.”
The incident is believed to be a targeted attack which involved a firearm.
The 16-year-old man was expected at Glasgow Sheriff Court today and the 17-year-old man is expected in court tomorrow.
A full report will be forwarded to the Procurator Fiscal.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules here