Two men, aged 18 and 22, were in hospital yesterday with injuries sustained in apparent "punishment beatings" on Sunday night. One was beaten on the legs and arms with iron bars by a gang at Kilmore Close, west Belfast, and the other was clubbed by masked men who burst into a house at Rathlin Gardens in Derry.
Two men beaten in North attacks
Two men, aged 18 and 22, were in hospital yesterday with injuries sustained in apparent "punishment beatings" on Sunday night…
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