(Ireland) Parents bringing kids for punishment shooting 'by appointment' [View all]
Self-styled vigilante groups have previously ordered parents to bring their children to pre-arranged locations where they will be shot.
The mother of an 18-year-old shot in Londonderry last year told how she was instructed to drop him off and wait while he was shot twice.
The woman said she believed he was targeted because he was a drug user.
"I know what happened was wrong but hopefully he'll get help," she said.
The dissident group Republican Action Against Drugs (RAAD) is suspected to have been behind the attack.
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She said she was ordered to bring her son to a specific place in the Creggan estate.
"He walked down the lane – I was standing at the top – and I heard two shots," she said.
"I ran down to him. There was blood coming from both of his legs, but he was lucid.
"I just did what had to be done."
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