MAN BEATEN UP IN PORTUMNA HOUSE BURGLARY

Date Published: 17-Dec-2008

A man has been badly beaten up in a house burglary in Portumna during which two licensed guns were stolen. Two men in their late teens or early twenties broke into a private home around 2.20pm. They stole the two firearms and assaulted the victim, who's believed to be in his twenties. No shots were fired during the raid and the two men made their escape by car. The injured man has been taken to Portiuncula hospital in Ballinsloe for treatment to his injuries.