A GAA player from Fermanagh is recovering in hospital after he was shot and viciously assaulted in Huddersfield.
22-year-old Fearghal Cross was walking alone through the town centre in the early hours of Saturday morning when he was shot with a ball bearing gun and beaten up.
He sustained serious injuries in the attack.
Mr Cross, a design student�at Huddersfield University, had been returning from a night out with friends when he was set upon less than a mile from home, according to the Irish Post.
He was rushed to Huddersfield Royal Infirmary before being transferred to Leeds General Infirmary, where he is continuing to receive treatment.
It is understood Kirklees Police in Huddersfield have arrested two men aged 16 and 31 in connection with the incident.
RT: @rodneyedwards A GAA player from Fermanagh is recovering in hospital after he was shot in a random attack.See impartialreporter.com now.
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