Northern Ireland

Man (26) charged with attempted murder over Lurgan stabbing

A 26-year-old man is to appear in court charged with attempted murder over a stabbing in Lurgan
A 26-year-old man is to appear in court charged with attempted murder over a stabbing in Lurgan A 26-year-old man is to appear in court charged with attempted murder over a stabbing in Lurgan

A 26-year-old man is due in court this morning charged with the attempted murder of a man in Lurgan.

The man is to appear before Lisburn Magistrates' Court.

A man in his twenties was attacked around 1.15am yesterday at Dean's Walk in the Shankill area of the Co Armagh town.

He is critically ill in hospital following the stabbing.