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Two men suspected to be burglars were shot at a remote house in Leicestershire and the homeowner has been arrested for the shooting.

The 35, year old man and his 43, year old wife were supposed to have been disturbed by the break-in in the Welby area, near Melton Mowbray, in the early hours of Sunday.

It is alleged that he took a legally owned shotgun and shot the two of the four intruders before making a call to the police. The couple were arrested in Melton on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm. Neither of the couple had been injured.
A spokeswoman for Leicestershire police said that shortly after the force received the couple's call, at about 12.30am, an ambulance was called to treat a man with shotgun injuries.
It is understood that second call was made by one of the suspected burglars. Later, a second man was treated for shotgun injuries after presenting himself at Leicester Royal Infirmary.
Their injuries were not life threatening, police said.
The two men, along with two others, were all arrested at the hospital on suspicion of aggravated burglary.
Leicestershire police said that the police were called at 12.26am on Sunday morning by a man reporting that a group of men had broken into his home in Melton.
The man stated that during the course of the incident he had fired a legally held shotgun and the intruders had left the scene.
Around five minutes later the ambulance service was called to tell them that they had been called to a man with injuries consistent with shotgun injuries.
A second man was presented at Leicester Royal Infirmary with similar injuries but the police said that neither of the two were in danger of their lives.
Investigations have begun into both reports and six people, five men and one woman, have been arrested.
A 35-year-old man and a 43-year-old woman were arrested in Melton on suspicion of GBH and four men aged 27, 23, 31 and 33 were arrested at Leicester Royal Infirmary on suspicion of aggravated burglary.
Inquiries are ongoing.