Man stabbed in the head

A man was recovering in hospital today after being stabbed in the head.

The man, in his 50s, was working in a house at Carrowreagh Road in the centre of the village of Armoy, in Co Antrim last night when he was attacked, said police.

He suffered at least three stab wounds to the head and arm.

He managed to flee the scene in his car and drove a few hundred yards to the grounds of a church on the edge of the village. He was discovered there and taken to hospital by ambulance.

He underwent emergency surgery at the Coleraine Hospital, where doctors said his condition was not life-threatening.

Police said a man, understood to be in his 20s, had been arrested and was being questioned about the stabbing.