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| Pick-axe handle gang attack man | Pick-axe handle gang attack man |
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| A man has sustained serious injuries in a beating by a gang of masked men in a flat in Holywood, County Down. | A man has sustained serious injuries in a beating by a gang of masked men in a flat in Holywood, County Down. |
| It happened just before 0040 BST on Saturday in Firmount Crescent when five men wearing dark clothes and balaclavas forced their way into the flat. | It happened just before 0040 BST on Saturday in Firmount Crescent when five men wearing dark clothes and balaclavas forced their way into the flat. |
| They used baseball bats and pick-axe handles to attack a man in his early 40s. | They used baseball bats and pick-axe handles to attack a man in his early 40s. |
| He sustained serious injuries to his head and leg and is described as being in a serious condition in hospital. | He sustained serious injuries to his head and leg and is described as being in a serious condition in hospital. |
| Another man who was in the flat at the time was hit on the knee, but did not require hospital treatment. | Another man who was in the flat at the time was hit on the knee, but did not require hospital treatment. |
| It is believed the men escaped in a blue coloured BMW car. The police are appealing for information. | It is believed the men escaped in a blue coloured BMW car. The police are appealing for information. |
| DUP assembly member Alex Easton said the attack was barbaric. | |
| "There can never be justification for a violent attack with baseball bats and pick axe handles," he said. |