06/04/2018

Man Suffers Fractured Skull In Paramilitary-Style Attack

Police have issued an appeal for witnesses to a paramilitary-style attack in Co Antrim on Thursday, 05 April.

It is understood that shortly after 9pm, two masked men attacked a man, aged in his 30s, in the Farm Hill area of Mosside, close to Ballymoney.

The victim suffered a fractured skull during the assault and is continuing to receive treatment in hospital.

Police said that while the man's injuries are not life-threatening, the attack on the man was "brutal and horrific".

Anyone who may have witnessed this incident or anyone who has information which may assist police enquiries, to contact Detectives on the non-emergency number 101, quoting reference 1494 05/04/18.

(MH/LM)

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