West Belfast assault: Intruder 'strikes female occupant on the head with hammer number of times'

Two arrested after woman struck on head with hammer during terrifying early-morning burglary

Police raced to the scene following a report that a man and a woman, armed with a knife and a hammer, had entered the property shortly before 5.30am

West Belfast assault: Intruder 'strikes female occupant on the head with hammer number of times'

Police say a man and a woman were subsequently arrested on suspicion of a number of offences

Two people arrested by PSNI after woman struck several times on the head with a hammer during assault in house

Two people have been arrested after a woman was assaulted at a house in west Belfast early on Sunday (November 2).