Three arrested after man beaten

Three men have been arrested following a so called punishment attack in a loyalist area of north Belfast

Three men have been arrested following a so called punishment attack in a loyalist area of north Belfast. A 30 year old man received bruises to the head and body after he was beaten in his home on Ballygomartin Road by three masked men wielding sticks on Sunday night.

SDLP MP Mr Eddie McGrady said the people who carried out such attacks must be "taken out of society and put behind bars".

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