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25/01/2005
Two men injured in separate baseball bat attacks
Two men have been attacked in similar but separate baseball bat attacks in north Belfast.
At around 7.30pm a 36-year-old man was cycling near to Duncairn Gardens when a car pulled up alongside him. Three men wielding baseball bats got out of the car and attacked the victim before driving off towards Duncairn Gardens.
The victim is being treated in hospital for serious head injuries.
Later. in a similar incident shortly before 9pm, another 36-year-old man who had entered the driveway of his home at Waterloo Gardens off the Antrim Road was attacked by three men armed with baseball bats who had jumped out of a car. The victim was viciously beaten around the head and body. He is being treated in hospital for head injuries sustained in the attack.
In the first incident at Duncairn Gardens, police have appealed for any witnesses to the assault or who saw a car, possibly an old-style Cavalier, in the area to contact them.
In the second attack, police want to speak to anyone who may have seen the man as he walked along the Antrim Road or Waterloo Gardens, or anyone who may have seen a dark-coloured Toyota Supra car in the area.
Anyone with information on either incident is asked to contact detectives at Antrim Road on 028 9065 0222 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
(MB/SP)
At around 7.30pm a 36-year-old man was cycling near to Duncairn Gardens when a car pulled up alongside him. Three men wielding baseball bats got out of the car and attacked the victim before driving off towards Duncairn Gardens.
The victim is being treated in hospital for serious head injuries.
Later. in a similar incident shortly before 9pm, another 36-year-old man who had entered the driveway of his home at Waterloo Gardens off the Antrim Road was attacked by three men armed with baseball bats who had jumped out of a car. The victim was viciously beaten around the head and body. He is being treated in hospital for head injuries sustained in the attack.
In the first incident at Duncairn Gardens, police have appealed for any witnesses to the assault or who saw a car, possibly an old-style Cavalier, in the area to contact them.
In the second attack, police want to speak to anyone who may have seen the man as he walked along the Antrim Road or Waterloo Gardens, or anyone who may have seen a dark-coloured Toyota Supra car in the area.
Anyone with information on either incident is asked to contact detectives at Antrim Road on 028 9065 0222 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
(MB/SP)
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