A 25-year-old man is recovering in hospital from injuries he received in a "punishment" attack. The man was severely beaten with metal objects when he was attacked by four masked men outside his home in Mullaghbawn, south Armagh at 6.50 p.m. on Wednesday last. The victim suffered two broken legs, a broken wrist, multiple lacerations to his body and a head wound which required 30 stitches.