Polish man torched in vicious attack

AN IMPROVISED flame-thrower was used in the horrific attack in Limerick last weekend that left a Polish worker with serious face and hand burns, gardaí revealed yesterday.

Thu, 17 Jan, 2008 - 00:00

Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent

Investigators have established more details of the attack after speaking with the 35-year-old victim at the burns unit at Cork University Hospital.

He is married with two children and had just arrived in the country having secured a job.

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