Police in Northern Ireland are investigating separate assaults which have left two men in hospital with serious injuries.
A man in his forties is being treated for serious head and facial injuries following an alleged assault in an alley at Donegore Drive, Co Antrim around midnight.
Police in Co Down are investigating a paramilitary-style punishment beating on a 22-year-old man.
The young man was attacked in his home at Conlig near Bangor just after 2 a.m. A number of masked men beat him with baseball bats and a sledge hammer.
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The victim reportedly suffered a broken leg, a broken arm, fractured ribs and puncture wounds.