Two men and a woman were taken to hospital after they were attacked in Antrim early this morning.
One man received fractures to his leg, arm and hand and cuts to his head and body. The second man received cuts and bruising to his head and body, while the woman had her arm broken and suffered cuts to her elbow.
A police spokeswoman said windows in a house at the scene of the attack, in Donegore Drive, were smashed. A car parked nearby was also damaged.