01/04/2003
Man in hospital after Co Down assault
A man in his 50s is being treated in hospital today following an attack at his home in Co Down last night.
At around midnight, a gang of three or four masked men burst into the house on the Armagh Road in Newry. Two of the men were armed with baseball bats and a third had a knife.
While the victim's son, who is in his 20s, managed to escape from the house, his father was struck on the head with a bat and sustained a stab wound to his side.
Police have appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
(GMcG)
At around midnight, a gang of three or four masked men burst into the house on the Armagh Road in Newry. Two of the men were armed with baseball bats and a third had a knife.
While the victim's son, who is in his 20s, managed to escape from the house, his father was struck on the head with a bat and sustained a stab wound to his side.
Police have appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
(GMcG)
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