Cork teen 'unrecognisable' after hammer attack in Bishopstown

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Gardaí are investigating after an 18-year-old man was left "unrecognisable" after an alleged hammer attack in the Bishopstown area of Cork city.

The young man was walking with his cousin near a petrol station on Curraheen Road shortly before midnight on Saturday when a car pulled up and a group of masked men got out.