Men attack elderly woman in North

Police were today tracking a gang who dragged an elderly woman onto the street after ransacking her Co Down home.

Police were today tracking a gang who dragged an elderly woman onto the street after ransacking her Co Down home.

The woman in her late 70s was found in a distressed state in the Tullynasoo area of Castlewellan at around 2.25pm yesterday.

Two men had forced their way into her home and searched a room.

The woman struggled with the men who eventually dragged her onto the street. The pair escaped the scene in a black BMW 5 series car driven by a third man.

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The woman suffered a hand injury and was left extremely shaken by her ordeal.

Police believe the incident may be linked to a second attack in the Ballycullen Road area of Blackwatertown, Co Armagh.

Men with strong southern accents forced their way into the home of a woman in her late 70s, demanded cash and ransacked the house.

They threatened the woman before they escaped the scene with a sum of cash in a dark coloured, southern registered car.

PA