Ireland
Man arrested after Newry stabbings
Thursday, 18 March 2010 16:03A man in his 40s has been arrested after two men were stabbed last night at a hotel in Newry, Co Down.
The PSNI were called to the premises on Francis Street at around 10pm.
One of the victims, a man in his early 20s, was stabbed in the stomach and was taken to hospital, but his injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.
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The other victim, in his early 30s, required treatment for a hand wound.
Police in Co Down are also investigating an unconnected assault on a man in the Edenmore Road area of Mayobridge. The incident was reported at around 11pm.
A man was beaten around the head with what was thought to have been an iron bar. He was being treated in hospital.
A man in his 40s has been arrested.
