10/06/2005
Loyalists linked to baseball bat attack
A woman has been beaten by a gang of masked men, believed to be loyalist paramilitaries, in an attack in Co Antrim on Thursday.
Three men forced their way into her house in the Mosside area of Ballymoney at about midnight and beat her with baseball bats.
They then ransacked the property before escaping in a car in the direction of Armoy.
The woman is currently being treated in hospital for severe bruising to her body.
Police have appealed for anyone with information concerning the incident to contact them on 028 9065 0222 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
(MB/SP)
Three men forced their way into her house in the Mosside area of Ballymoney at about midnight and beat her with baseball bats.
They then ransacked the property before escaping in a car in the direction of Armoy.
The woman is currently being treated in hospital for severe bruising to her body.
Police have appealed for anyone with information concerning the incident to contact them on 028 9065 0222 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
(MB/SP)
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