Four held as teen left fighting for life after attack

FOUR men were being questioned last night about a sectarian beating in the North which left a teenager fighting for his life.

Michael McIlveen, 15, was attacked in a car park in Ballymena, Co Antrim, as he walked home. He was beaten with baseball bats by a gang of at least a dozen thugs, his family believe.

Detectives who arrested two men following the assault in the town’s Garfield Street on Sunday morning yesterday confirmed another two suspects had been taken for questioning.