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Case No. 17525Assault · Co. Donegal · 21 Apr 2024

Man injured in late-night assault in Ballybofey

At about 1:30am on Sunday 21 April 2024, a man was assaulted on Main Street, Ballybofey, County Donegal, by a group of males who approached him while he was in the company of others. He sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The reporting does not give the victim's age or nationality, or identify the suspects. The case was first reported by DonegalLive on 23 April 2024, when Gardaí appealed for witnesses and for dash cam footage from between 1am and 2am, and no arrest or charge is reported.

  1. Reported23 Apr
  2. Arrested
  3. Charged
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
reportedhappened, not reportedlatest stagenot yet

Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
  • A man was assaulted and sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
  • The man was in the company of others when a group of males approached and assaulted him.
Where
The incident happened on Main Street, Ballybofey, County Donegal.
When
The incident happened at approximately 1:30am on Sunday, 21 April 2024.
Other details
  • The victim's age and nationality are not given in the reporting.
  • The reporting does not identify the suspects or say how many males were involved.
  • DonegalLive first reported the incident on 23 April 2024.
  • No arrest or charge is reported in the available articles.
Investigation
  • Garda Niall Maguire asked anyone who travelled in the area with a dash cam between 1am and 2am to make the footage available to Gardaí.
  • Gardaí asked anyone who witnessed the incident or has relevant information to contact Gardaí in Letterkenny on 074-9167100.
6 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatA man was assaulted and sustained serious but non-life threatening injuries. (donegallive.ie)
  • whatThe man was in the company of others when a group of males approached and assaulted him. (donegallive.ie)
  • whereThe incident happened on Main Street, Ballybofey. (donegallive.ie)
  • whenThe incident happened at approximately 1:30am on Sunday, 21 April 2024. (donegallive.ie)
  • investigationGardaí asked anyone who travelled in the area with a dash cam between 1am and 2am to make the footage available. (donegallive.ie)
  • investigationGardaí asked anyone who witnessed the incident or has relevant information to contact Gardaí in Letterkenny on 074-9167100. (donegallive.ie)

The reporting

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  1. 23 Apr2024
    Reporteddonegallive.ie, first report
    Man sustained ‘serious’ injuries in late-night assault

    First report of this incident in the list. Adds the Main Street Ballybofey location, the injury description and the garda appeal for dash cam footage and witnesses.

    victim, male