POLICE have been called to investigate a death and a paramilitary-style attack within a mile of each other in west Belfast.
There was a significant police presence on Sunday night following the death of a man at Divis Tower.
Police said in a statement that a 42-year-old man had been arrested over the incident.
Earlier police were also called to the lower Springfield Road after a man was shot in the leg in a paramilitary-style attack.
The man, aged in his thirties, was taken to hospital for treatment to his injuries which were not thought to be life-threatening.
Police cordoned off the Springview Walk area as forensic teams examined the scene of the shooting.
Sinn Féin West Belfast MLA Fra McCann said the community was in shock after the death of a man in Divis Tower.
"Divis Tower is a tight-knit community and this will be felt by those who live there," he said.
"It is too soon to speculate as to the cause of death but the PSNI are treating it as suspicious."
Sinn Féin West Belfast MP Paul Maskey strongly condemned the paramilitary-style shooting, which happened at about 7pm.
"It is obviously dreadful and it shouldn't be happening. There is no call for this type of action on the streets," he said.
"Certainly the people in this community do not want to see anybody with guns taking the law into their own hands.
"I would urge those involved in it to stop, and to stop immediately.
"We have seen people in recent times who have died because of these so-called punishment shootings.
"But it is obviously a shock to see guns back on the streets".
The incidents come just weeks after Joe Reilly (43) was murdered at his home at Glenwood Court in Poleglass.
Two other people in the house were forced to lie on the kitchen floor during the attack, in which the father-of-one was shot twice in the chest with a handgun.
Reilly, was a son of former IRSP spokesman Kevin 'Bap' McQuillan.
Police have said drugs and paramilitary involvement are definite lines of enquiry in their investigation.
The killing happened just yards from where a man was wounded by republican paramilitaries some days earlier.
Peter Lagan (56) was shot six times in the legs in the neighbouring Glenwood Drive of Poleglass by Óglaigh na hÉireann.
The group also claimed its members planned to kill another man in his house in north Belfast but the intended victim was not at home.
However, it is believed the shooting of Mr Reilly was unconnected to the earlier shooting and planned attack.
