Man (21) victim of beating

A 21 year old man is recovering after a so called punishment beating in Richill, Co Armagh

A 21 year old man is recovering after a so called punishment beating in Richill, Co Armagh. He was attacked by several men on Saturday. He suffered a fractured wrist and extensive bruising.

Meanwhile, loyalists attacked the home of a Catholic family in Dunmurry, on the outskirts of west Belfast on Friday night. They threw a petrol bomb at the house on the Glenburn Road but it failed to explode.

In Co Antrim, a Presbyterian church on the Garyduff Road in Dunloy, was vandalised on Saturday.

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