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Violence before the violence

At around 2:30 p.m. today 2 men were injured and 1 man was shot dead at a WBO weigh in at the Regency Hotel in Dublin, Ireland.  The incident occurred ahead of Saturday night’s European lightweight bout between Jamie Kavanagh and Antonio Joao Bento. According to witnesses, two gunmen dressed as Police Officers entered the hotel and began opening fire. According to the BBC, Radio Foyle’s sports reporter Kevin McAnena, who was at the bout  said he “never felt terror like it” when one of the attackers pointed a gun at him. He said he saw one of the gunmen shoot a man in the leg “about six feet away” from him. “I heard two loud gunshots from outside coming into the hotel,” he said. “At which point, two men, who I thought were [police] officers – turns out they were just dressed up in [police] uniform – came in with guns.” While the motives are still unknown – the police don’t believe these shootings are random. They believe they might be gang related but nothing is confirmed. None of the fighters were targeted as Kavanagh tweeted shortly after the incident that he was fine, adding: “I was lucky today is all I can say.” The pay-per-view channel Box Nation was due to broadcast Saturday’s fight as part of the Clash of the Clans show at Dublin’s National Stadium. But it has said the event has now been cancelled.