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Gunmen have shot four people at three different pubs in Liverpool, police said.
The "despicable" attacks were all launched at pubs in the West Derby suburb of the city - not far from gang and gun crime hotspots Croxteth and Norris Green.
Two thugs pulled up on a motorbike outside the Sefton Arms on Mill Lane, and blasted three shots towards the door, while a bouncer was shot in Mill Lane.
Merseyside Police said three drinkers who were leaving were hit.
The three men were taken to hospital and treated for shotgun pellets to their legs before being discharged.
A force spokesman said: "A couple of minutes later as the offenders drove off along Mill Lane towards Utting Avenue, they fired a shot at the West Derby public house - fortunately no one was injured in that incident."
But at the same time another offender on a motorbike rode up to the Hare and Hounds pub also on Mill Lane and shot a bouncer in the leg.
He was kept in hospital overnight for treatment, police said.
Superintendent Jon Roy urged witnesses to come forward.
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Wild West UK by the sound of it.
- Reuben Camara, Morecambe/Lancaster, 10/05/2009 11:26
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