{"id":546691,"date":"2026-07-13T01:34:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T01:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/546691\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T01:34:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T01:34:18","slug":"man-suffers-serious-injuries-in-attack-involving-up-to-eight-masked-men-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/546691\/","title":{"rendered":"Man suffers serious injuries in attack involving \u2018up to eight masked men\u2019 \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A man has suffered serious injuries after he was assaulted by a masked gang armed with bats in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/co-antrim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/co-antrim\/\">Co Antrim<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Detectives are appealing for information and witnesses following the incident in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/ballyclare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/ballyclare\/\">Ballyclare<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/psni\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/psni\/\">PSNI<\/a> spokesperson said: \u201cAt approximately 12.40am this morning, Sunday 12th July, we received a report that a man had been assaulted outside a property in the Thornhill Drive area of the town.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our detectives are appealing for information and witnesses following a report of an assault in Ballyclare.<\/p>\n<p>This morning, Sunday 12th July, a man aged in his 30s, was assaulted by masked men outside a property in the Thornhill Drive area. Full details: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DEUH9KrH03\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/DEUH9KrH03<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d8twtlaA8u\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/d8twtlaA8u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Police Service NI (@PoliceServiceNI) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PoliceServiceNI\/status\/2076284442130227653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s understood that the man, aged in his 30s, was assaulted by up to eight masked men armed with bats.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/orange-order-grand-secretary-mervyn-gibson-no-difficulty-with-controversial-bands-taking-part-in-parades-EBAJ3FPWYRETZPIWWA3QXODSR4\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Orange Order Grand Secretary Mervyn Gibson: &#x2018;No difficulty&#x2019; with controversial bands taking part in parades\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783906457_151_76ZAEROBNNDHPFUUS5A3GDCYH4.JPG\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/noah-donohoe-inquest-live-latest-updates-as-proceedings-enter-week-nine-JOFVJPI4SJHUFCANHXZX5AXZSQ\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Noah Donohoe inquest: PSNI witness &#x2018;unsure&#x2019; difference camera at rear of Northwood property would have made\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/QO3CUVBU6JCCTFND2C66OWR6D4.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThe victim was taken to hospital for treatment to serious injuries caused to his leg, head, wrist and arms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThose responsible for this attack have shown a complete disregard for human dignity and the rule of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The victim has been left with lasting physical and psychological trauma, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The spokesperson added: \u201cNo one deserves to be attacked in this way. There is no justification for this violence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cAnyone who witnessed what happened or has information that could help with our enquiries is asked to contact police on 101, quoting reference number 64 12\/07\/26.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man has suffered serious injuries after he was assaulted by a masked gang armed with bats in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":546692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[231730,42,43,2443,7288,40,38,41,39,13311],"class_list":["post-546691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-ballyclare","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-northern-ireland","tag-psni","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-ulster"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/546692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}