Arrest after ‘barbaric’ incident in which man was nailed to fence in Antrim

Detectives said a 37-year-old man had been detained under the Terrorism Act in the Bushmills area on Friday

The PSNI has arrested a man over an attack in Co Antrim which saw a man nailed to a fence (Niall Carson/PA)

A man has been arrested by detectives investigating an attack in which a man was nailed to a fence in Co Antrim.

The victim was left with potentially life-changing injuries after the attack in Bushmills in the early hours of Sunday morning which police described as “barbaric”.