Man taken to hospital after ‘particularly vicious’ attack

Police said the victim was attacked by masked men brandishing baseball bats (Niall Carson/PA)

A man is in hospital after being assaulted by a group of men armed with baseball bats in Carrickfergus in what police are describing as a “vicious attack”.

Officers are appealing for information after the man, in his 30s, was attacked in the Cherry Walk area of the Co Antrim town on Saturday at about 10.50pm.