{"id":522320,"date":"2026-04-09T23:25:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T23:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/522320\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T23:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T23:25:12","slug":"man-seriously-injured-in-hospital-after-attack-by-masked-trio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/522320\/","title":{"rendered":"Man seriously injured in hospital after attack by masked trio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man is seriously injured in hospital after allegedly being assaulted by a masked trio in Wishaw.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the 37-year-old was attacked within a premises on Abernethyn Road in the North Lanarkshire town at around 10.50pm on Wednesday April 8.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects were described as wearing dark clothing and face coverings.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services attended, and he was taken to hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Detective Constable David McLaughlin said: \u201cThis was a terrifying incident for the man involved who sustained significant injuries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are gathering CCTV footage from in and around the area, and I\u2019d appeal to anyone who witnessed the incident or has any information to get in touch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSimilarly, I\u2019d also ask those with private CCTV, doorbell footage or drivers with dash-cams to please check to see if you have captured anything that could assist with our investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to contact Police Scotland on 101, quoting incident number 3828 of April 8, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b<\/p>\n<p>\u200b<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man is seriously injured in hospital after allegedly being assaulted by a masked trio in Wishaw. Police&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-522320","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-kingdom","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-greatbritain","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}