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24/06/2002
Pensioner attacked with meat cleaver
A 65-year-old man suffered head injuries after he was attacked in north Belfast last night.
The pensioner was walking his dog in Duncairn Gardens around 9.10pm when a number of men got out of a white Hyundai car and attacked him with a meat cleaver.
It is reported that the men tried to hit him in the face but the man received injuries to the back of the head and shoulder.
It is understood the man is now stable in hospital.
(AMcE)
The pensioner was walking his dog in Duncairn Gardens around 9.10pm when a number of men got out of a white Hyundai car and attacked him with a meat cleaver.
It is reported that the men tried to hit him in the face but the man received injuries to the back of the head and shoulder.
It is understood the man is now stable in hospital.
(AMcE)
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