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A 53-year-old man is being treated in intensive care after he and his wife were attacked at their home in Lincolnshire by two masked men. | |
Lincolnshire Police said the couple were set upon, possibly with a baseball bat, in an "unprovoked and vicious" attack in Frithville, near Boston. | |
The man is in a serious condition at Nottingham Queen's Medical Centre and his wife was released after treatment. | |
Police said there was no known motive for the attack. | |
'Severe assault' | |
The attackers are described as white, slim and are thought to have been in their early 30s. | The attackers are described as white, slim and are thought to have been in their early 30s. |
Detectives said a Jeep Cherokee had been found burnt out in Revesby, seven miles away. | |
Police said the two men had called at the house apparently to buy produce from there before attacking the couple. | |
Det Insp Andy Wardell said: "They didn't actually have to break in, they were actually there but they did carry out the attack in the area of the garden to start with but it's believed that they also went into the house where the lady was assaulted, although not quite so severely as the gentleman." |