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A 29-year-old woman has been seriously injured after being beaten by a masked gang at a house in Newtownards.A 29-year-old woman has been seriously injured after being beaten by a masked gang at a house in Newtownards.
At about 2200 GMT, four men wearing balaclavas forced their way into the house in the Blenheim drive area and attacked the woman with baseball bats.At about 2200 GMT, four men wearing balaclavas forced their way into the house in the Blenheim drive area and attacked the woman with baseball bats.
They ransacked the house and broke a number of windows before leaving.They ransacked the house and broke a number of windows before leaving.
Although the woman's injuries are serious they are not life-threatening. A man who was also in the house at the time was not injured.Although the woman's injuries are serious they are not life-threatening. A man who was also in the house at the time was not injured.
In a separate incident, in Dundonald's Ballybeen estate a man was injured after confronting four men in his house at Longstone Drive.
He barred their way in the hallway, stopping them from getting any further. They threatened him and he suffered a non life-threatening injury.
It happened at about 1800 GMT on Thursday.