A 21 year old man was being treated in hospital last night following a so called punishment shooting and beating in, Ballymena, Co Antrim. The man was attacked at about 2.15 a.m. yesterday in his flat at Drumtara, Ballymena.
Five men - one of them armed with a handgun, the others wielding baseball bats - were involved in the beating.
The victim was shot three times in the leg by the gunman, and was beaten about the head and body by the other gang members. They also set fire to the man's furniture, causing considerable damage, according to police. A woman living in an upstairs flat was treated ford smoke inhalation.