BREAKING: Man arrested in connection with paramilitary style shooting in Derry and a previous attack earlier this year

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Police in Derry have arrested a 32-year-old man from the Lettershandoney area in relation to a paramilitary style shooting in the city this week and a previous attack in March of this year.

It comes after a man was shot four times by a gang of masked men in a paramilitary-style attack in Lisfannon Park in the Bogside on Tuesday night.

The 33-year-old man was treated for wounds to his legs and abdomen. His injuries are non-life threatening.

Police have described the incident as 'brutal and horrific'.

Above - police pictured at the scene of the shooting.

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