Two for court in North over attack on Poles

Two teenagers are due in court today charged with attacking a house occupied by a number of Polish men in Co Armagh.

Two teenagers are due in court today charged with attacking a house occupied by a number of Polish men in Co Armagh.

They are accused of being members of an armed gang that stormed into the house in Ballyoran Park in Portadown last weekend.

The two youths, one aged 16 and the other 18, face charges of aggravated burglary, having an offensive weapon, intimidation and assault.

A man (21) has already appeared in court charged in connection with the incident.

One of the Polish men suffered facial injuries.

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