A man has died and a young boy has been injured after a suspected shooting at a shopping centre.

The bomb squad and emergency services were alerted after reports of a man with a suspicious item strapped to his body in Carlow, Ireland.

The incident unfolded in a Tesco at the Fairgreen shopping centre at about 6.15pm today.

Details of the suspected shooting are yet to be confirmed, but it is believed a man fired shots in the supermarket.

He was fatally injured and died after what is believed to be self-inflicted gunshot wounds. A young boy was injured and he was treated at the scene by paramedics before going home with his family, according to the broadcaster.

The sound of shots can be heard on CCTV footage captured in a barber’s shop in the shopping centre.

The worried barbers are sta

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