Blank round fired in Coleraine assault

Police are investigating an assault on a man in Co Derry last night during which a blank round was fired from a pistol.

Police are investigating an assault on a man in Co Derry last night during which a blank round was fired from a pistol.

The incident took place shortly after 8pm in Windsor Avenue, Coleraine.

Three masked men forced open the front door of the house and attacked the man with a baton before firing a blank round and escaping.

The victim sustained bruising to the chest but did not require treatment in hospital.

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