A man has been hospitalised with head injuries after he was reportedly struck on the head with a hammer.
Officers say they are treating incident which happened in the early hours of this morning in Ballyclare as a paramilitary style attack.
Detective Sergeant Coulter said: "We received a report around 12:45am that NIAS were attending to a man who had sustained head injuries after he was struck on the head with a hammer by one of a number of males who had forced entry to his home in the Kellburn Park area.
"It's believed this occurred sometime between 12.25am and the time the incident was reported to police.
"The man, who sustained head injuries, remains in hospital in a stable condition. This was a vicious assault on a man in his own home, a place where everyone has the right to feel safe.
"We are currently treating this as a paramilitary style attack and I want to appeal to anyone who was in the Kellburn Park area between 12:20am and 12:50am this morning and saw any suspicious activity to call us on the non emergency number 101, quoting reference number 73 of 23/08/19."
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