26/05/2003

Two men beaten in sectarian attack

Police are treating an attack on two men in Ballymena last night as sectarian.

Both men suffered broken bones and severe bruising after being set upon by a gang in Mount Street at around 9.45pm.

Police subsequently arrested six men while a Ford transit van is being forensically examined following the incident.

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