10/01/2005

Man sustains serious head injuries

A 32-year-old man is being treated in hospital for injuries he sustained after being attacked and beaten in west Belfast.

The man was found lying in Locan Street off the Falls Road with serious head injuries shortly before 2am on Monday.

It is believed up to three men attacked the victim before stabbing him with a broken bottle.

The man was taken to hospital where his condition was described as "stable".

(MB/SP)

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