Northern Ireland

Man beaten by gang in west Belfast

 A man has been beaten and threatened at a house in west Belfast
 A man has been beaten and threatened at a house in west Belfast  A man has been beaten and threatened at a house in west Belfast

A man has been beaten with a bat and threatened with a suspected firearm in a house in west Belfast.

Three masked men entered the property in Lagmore Drive off Stewartstown Road at around 7.25pm last night, police said.

PSNI Detective Sergeant Stephen Gardiner said the gang assaulted a man in the house "with what was described as a baseball bat" before making off in a blue BMW which had been parked outside the property.