Man struck on head with claw hammer during ambush near Cork church

Two men convicted of engaging in an affray
Man struck on head with claw hammer during ambush near Cork church

The incident happened outside Blackpool Church in Cork City. File picture

Two men in an Audi A3 lay in wait for a man to arrive outside a church in Blackpool and then ambushed him and struck him in the head with a claw hammer and a baseball bat.

Detective Garda John Gleeson said two plainclothes gardaí arrived on the scene at the exact moment of the violent incident and arrested the two culprits.

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