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Man attacked by masked gang armed with hammers

Pacemaker The ground floor flat in a beige brick complex in Templemore Street. One of the front windows has been boarded up with plywood. There is a satellite dish and a flagpole attached to the outside of the building. Pacemaker
The man was attacked in a flat in Templemore Street in east Belfast

A man has been taken to hospital after being assaulted by masked men in east Belfast on Wednesday evening.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said they received a report, shortly before 20:00 GMT, of five masked men armed with hammers, who "broke their way" into a flat in Templemore Street.

The man, who is in his 30s, suffered injuries to his head and body and was taken to hospital for treatment.

Police later received a report that a motorcycle had been set alight in a communal hallway at the same address at about 05.35 GMT on Thursday morning.

Det Sgt McCartan said: "Colleagues from Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Services attended and extinguished the fire, luckily no one was injured.

"We are treating both incidents as linked."

Police have appealed for information.