Northern Ireland

Man beaten by gang armed with bat in Portadown home

Police have appealed for information after a man suffered head and hand injuries when he was beaten in his Portadown home by a gang armed with a bat
Police have appealed for information after a man suffered head and hand injuries when he was beaten in his Portadown home by a gang armed with a bat Police have appealed for information after a man suffered head and hand injuries when he was beaten in his Portadown home by a gang armed with a bat

A man suffered head and hand injuries when he was beaten in his Co Armagh home.

Police said three men armed with a wooden bat entered the property in the Tandragee Road area of Portadown at around 2.50pm yesterday.

A spokesman described the attack as "vicious" but said the man's injuries "are not believed to be life threatening".