03/10/2007

Two Men Beaten With Baseball Bats

Two men were injured in Belfast on Tuesday evening in a paramilitary-style attack.

A police spokesperson said that three men wearing balaclavas attacked the two men with baseball bats in Ainsworth Street area in the north of the city on Tuesday at around 7.30pm.

The injured men, both aged 21, are being treated in hosptal for their injuries which are not thought to be life-threatening.

(SP)

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