ALMOST 100 people were targeted in paramilitary-style attacks in Northern Ireland last year.
Most were assaulted - but 36 were shot, according to police figures. The number of cases has increased in the past year.
Dissident republicans have stepped up their activity level in recent weeks.
A police statement said: "Senior police officers have also been very vocal over the last 12 months, about the need for community support to tackle the issue of paramilitary-style attacks." During 2014/15, there were 94 victims as a result of paramilitary-style attacks, the service said. This is 24 more than the previous year, but 58 fewer than the number that occurred 10 years ago in 2005/6 (152). There has also been a renewed effort by dissident factions to target police. Security will be tight next week with Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall due to visit Northern Ireland and Mullaghmore in the Republic - where Charles's great-uncle, Lord Mountbatten, was killed by the IRA in 1979.