Three injured in Derry beating

Three men, aged 18, 19 and 20, were taken to hospital last night after being assaulted in a so called "punishment beating" in…

Three men, aged 18, 19 and 20, were taken to hospital last night after being assaulted in a so called "punishment beating" in Derry. An RUC spokesman said the attack happened when three men armed with baseball bats and iron bars burst into a house at Aughlish Court in the Waterside area of the city.

One man suffered a suspected broken leg while the others received head and leg injuries.

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