Men shoot Portadown youth with crossbow

A youth is being treated in hospital after being shot with a crossbow.

A youth is being treated in hospital after being shot with a crossbow.

Police in Portadown are searching four men in their late 20s and early 30s after the youth and his brother were attacked a around 1 a.m. in Ballyoran Park area of the town.

Both victims were taken to hospital were one is being treated for a puncture wound caused by a bolt from a crossbow while his is being treated for severe bruising after he was beaten with sticks.

The PSNI say they have identified three of the four men and seeking information about the fourth man.

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The age of the two youths is not known.