Teenager abducted in Co Tyrone and beaten

A teenager was abducted and beaten in a paramilitary-style attack in Co Tyrone last night.

A teenager was abducted and beaten in a paramilitary-style attack in Co Tyrone last night.

Several armed and masked men forced the 16-year-old from his house into a car in O’Nolan Park in Strabane shortly after 11 p.m.

It is understood he was then taken across the border where he was beaten by the men.

He was released around 4 a.m. today and found by a Garda. He is being treated in hospital.

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Police have appealed for witnesses to the incident.